barrel en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [ˈbɛɚəɫ] (General-American)
- /ˈbæɹ(ə)l/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈbɛɹəl/ (General-American)
- (US) audio Mary-marry-merry
- (US) audio non-Mary-marry-merry
- /ˈbæɹəɫ/ (Australia)
- /ˈbɛɚəl/ (General-American)
- [ˈbæɹəɫ] (General-American)
- [ˈbæɹəɫ] (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈbæɹəl/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Old French barilbor. Middle English barel English barrel From Middle English barel, from Anglo-Norman baril, Old French baril, bareil (“barrel”), of uncertain origin. An attempt to link baril to Old French barre (“bar, bolt”) (compare Medieval Latin barra (“bar, rod”)) via assumed Vulgar Latin *barrīculum meets the phonological requirement, but fails to connect the word semantically. The alternative connection to Frankish *baril, *beril or Gothic *𐌱𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌻𐍃 (*bērils, “container for transport”), from Proto-Germanic *barilaz, *bērilaz (“barrel, jug, container”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, transport”), is more plausible as it connects not only the form of the word but also the sense; equivalent to bear + -le. Compare also Old High German biril (“jug, large pot”), Luxembourgish Bärel, Bierel (“jug, pot”), Old Norse berill (“barrel for liquids”), Old English byrla (“barrel of a horse, trunk, body”). More at bear.
Meanings
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(countable) A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
Near-synonym: cask
The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).
2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:a cracker barrel
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(countable) A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum. ▸ Such a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
Barrels came in firkins, nine gallons; kilderkins, eighteen gallons; halves, twenty-seven gallons; barrels, thirty-six gallons and hogsheads, fifty-four.
1987, Keith Dunstan, The Amber Nectar, Ringwood: Vicking O'Neil, page 81:
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The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.
23 Hen. VIII, cap. 4... The barrel of beer is to hold 36 gallons, the kilderkin 18 gallons the firkin 9. But the barrel, kilderkin, and firkin of ale are to contain 32, 16, and 8 gallons.
1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 205:Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons.
1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 205:
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A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case
the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.
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A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
You're shooting stars from the barrel of your eyes
2010, “Beauty School”, in Chino Moreno (lyrics), Diamond Eyes, performed by Deftones:
- A venturi (in carburetion).
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A ceiling-mounted tube from which lights are suspended.
The barrel, which is usually from 2.0 m to 2.5 m long, and capable of lifting loads up to 120 kg, is suspended from the main housing which contains the motor gearbox unit, etc.
2013, Brian Fitt, Joe Thornley, Lighting Technology, page 118:Moreover, it adds to difficulties in adjusting/servicing lamps located over high scenery, ceilings etc., where the barrel networks cannot be lowered or reached.
2013, Gerald Millerson, Lighting for TV and Film, page 325:
- (archaic) Any tube.
- The hollow basal part of a feather.
- The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and resembles a barrel.
- A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.
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(New-England, US, specifically) A waste receptacle.
Throw it into the trash barrel.
- The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.
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(obsolete) A jar.
And ſhe ſaid, As the Lord thy God liueth, I haue not a cake, but an handfull of meale in a barrell, and a little oyle in a cruſe: [...]
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 17:12, column 2:
- Any of the dark-staining regions in the somatosensory cortex of rodents, etc., where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus.
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A statistic derived from launch angle and exit velocity of a ball hit in play.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:barrel.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| barrell | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| barrels | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
keg (round vessel) · drum · butt · puncheon · tierce · rundlet · drum · hogshead · vat (round vessel) · tertian · tun · pipe
Deriveds
infrabarrelled · barrel head · rebarrel · barrel-bellied · barrelwise · light barrel · there's a rotten apple in every barrel · barrel of land · barrelful · barrel jump · barrel sponge · Pascal's barrel · double barrel vault · barrel piano · scrape at the bottom of the barrel · barrel of monkeys · barrel organist · barrel bag · barrel hitch · oil barrel · barrel drum · barrel roll · funny as a barrel of monkeys · beta barrel · like shooting fish in a barrel · U-barrel · traffic barrel · bottom of the barrel · barrel process · barrelage · barrel bulk · gunbarrel · barrel jumping · barrel roof · barrelhouse · scrape the barrel · gun barrel · every barrel has a rotten apple · in the barrel · barrel shifter · construction barrel · barrel child · pilgrim's barrel · triple barrel · fat as a barrel · cracker-barrel · barrel racer · barrel bomb · barrel jellyfish · barrel-head · barrel nut connector · barrel nut · pork-barrel · barrelless · barrelfish · barrel of sunshine · barrelene · burn barrel · crooked as a barrel of snakes · barrel race · barrel sling · barrel file · barrel of laughs · one's turn in the barrel · barrel-organ · gigabarrel · cash on the barrel head · rain-barrel · barrel hoop · barrelmaking · barrel sauna · barrel fever · barrel adjuster · escalator barrel · multibarrel · sound as a barrel · going barrel · barrel vault · barrelette · barreloid · barrelmaker · over a barrel · African milk barrel · infrabarreled · barrel helm · double-barrel · rain barrel · pork barrel · one bad apple can spoil the barrel · barrel key · scrape the bottom of the barrel · wash barrel · barrellike · barrel cactus · cracker barrel · sixtel · barreleye · gun-barrel · barrel knot · barrel-chested · cash on the barrel-head · crooked as a barrel of fish hooks · Damascus barrel · barrel chest · lock, stock and barrel · unbarrel · barrel plating · barrel of fun · Barrel of Doom · barrel organ · budge barrel · barrel shroud
Descendants
Hypernyms
Meronyms
Synonyms
v · cask · bbl · cask · bbl (cylindrical container, or cask of a certain size) · bbl · V · bbl
Translations (310)
lv muca (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · tr varil (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · bg буренце (part of a clarinet) · gv feddan (metallic tube of a gun) · es caño (part of a clarinet) · pdt Scheetrua (metallic tube of a gun) · es cañón (metallic tube of a gun) · sh ције̑в (metallic tube of a gun) · ky ствол (metallic tube of a gun) · es barril (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · th ถัง (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · sv fat (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · cy casgen (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · sv tunna (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · is tunna (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · de Gewehrrohr (metallic tube of a gun) · sh cȇv (metallic tube of a gun) · de Fass (part of a clarinet) · nn laup (metallic tube of a gun) · bn পিপা (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · bo ཆུ་ཟོམ (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · bg ка́ца (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · it botte (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · pt barril (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · fr barrique (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · lt vamzdis (metallic tube of a gun) · lo ບາເລນ (quantity) · pt cano (metallic tube of a gun) · hu hordó (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · fi runko (ribs and belly of a horse or pony) · ota واریل (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · et toru (metallic tube of a gun) · nl loop (metallic tube of a gun) · ru бараба́н (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case) · mk барел (quantity) · be ду́ла (metallic tube of a gun) · my စည် (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ru ствол (metallic tube of a gun) · sk sud (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · fa تنکه (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · mk буре (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ja 樽 (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · frm tonnel (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · cmn 桶 (quantity) · de Spindel (zoology: hollow basal part of a feather) · tk çelek (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · sq tytë (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · vi thùng tròn (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · de Gewindehülse (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case) · uk ба́рель (quantity) · sh bȁčva (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · nb fat (quantity) · ka ლულა (metallic tube of a gun) · de Birne (part of a clarinet) · hu törzs (ribs and belly of a horse or pony) · fr tonneau (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · de Gehäuse (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case) · nn fat (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · izh pytty (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · cs sud (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · nl barrel (quantity) · nn pipe (metallic tube of a gun) · fro tonel (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ko 총열 (metallic tube of a gun) · de Mülleimer (waste receptacle) · yue 桶 (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ro țeavă (metallic tube of a gun) · nl ton (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · is byssuhlaup (metallic tube of a gun) · pl lufa (metallic tube of a gun) · ga bairille (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · de Mistkübel (waste receptacle) · eo paftubo (metallic tube of a gun) · id barel (quantity) · hy տակառ (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · fr baril (quantity) · nn løp (metallic tube of a gun) · ca quart (quantity) · is baula (part of a clarinet) · es cuñete (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · nn tønne (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ms laras (metallic tube of a gun) · ko 총신 (metallic tube of a gun) · de Gewehrlauf (metallic tube of a gun) · de Trommel (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case) · ga bairille (metallic tube of a gun) · nb pipe (metallic tube of a gun) · id laras bedil (metallic tube of a gun) · uk ду́ло (metallic tube of a gun) · fo tunna (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ug تۇڭ (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · de Hülse (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case) · uk ру́ля (metallic tube of a gun) · la tympanum (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case) · hi बैरल (quantity) · fi putki (metallic tube of a gun) · ro butoi (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · de Tonne (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · fi kynä (zoology: hollow basal part of a feather) · ru бо́чка (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ms tong (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · eo barelo (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · pa ਨਾਲ਼ੀ (metallic tube of a gun) · de Gebinde (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · tr varil (quantity) · fa بُشکِه (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · sh cijȇv (metallic tube of a gun) · th บาร์เรล (quantity) · my စည်ပိုင်း (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · da løb (metallic tube of a gun) · mfe tono (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · sv pipa (metallic tube of a gun) · ca barril (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · pt barril (quantity) · es tonel (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · sw pipa (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · fi piippu (metallic tube of a gun) · uk лю́фа (metallic tube of a gun) · he חָבִית (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ur پیپا (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · cu бъчька (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · bg цев (metallic tube of a gun) · de Abfalleimer (waste receptacle) · nn tunne (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · bg ба́рел (quantity) · ja バレル (quantity) · hu barrel (quantity) · de Walze (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case) · nn fat (quantity) · de Rohr (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case) · lt stati̇̀nė (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · id tong (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · de Rolle (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case) · bg барабан (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case) · hu szemetes (waste receptacle) · el κάννη (metallic tube of a gun) · ko 통 (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · grc πίθος (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ru ба́ррель (quantity) · ko 배럴 (quantity) · be ствол (metallic tube of a gun) · yue 桶 (quantity) · ota واریل (quantity) · ota لكنده (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case) · izh puin (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · is hlaup (metallic tube of a gun) · sq tytë (metallic tube of a gun) · it barile (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · fi rumpu (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case) · hu dob (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case) · pox klådă (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ota شرابخانه (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · arz برميل (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · tg бочка (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · sh бу̏ре (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · sv oljefat (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · vi thùng rượu (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · udm бекче (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · vi thùng tonneau (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ca canó (metallic tube of a gun) · lv barels (quantity) · lo ຖັງ (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · cs barel (quantity) · sw kasiba (metallic tube of a gun) · fa-ira چلیک (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ja 銃身 (metallic tube of a gun) · nb fat (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · de Barrel (quantity) · de Pinole (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case) · hy բարել (quantity) · pon pekid (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · hy փող (metallic tube of a gun) · bg бу́ре (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · bo ཟོམ (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · tt көпшә (metallic tube of a gun) · be бо́чка (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · de Lauf (metallic tube of a gun) · hu hordó (quantity) · da tønde (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · pt tonel (quantity) · nb tønne (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · be цэ́ўка (metallic tube of a gun) · fi pesä (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case) · fi päärynä (part of a clarinet) · ar سَبَطَانَة (metallic tube of a gun) · de Federspule (zoology: hollow basal part of a feather) · bg ду́ло (metallic tube of a gun) · fa پیپ (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ky бочка (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · lv stobrs (metallic tube of a gun) · fa لوله (metallic tube of a gun) · fa بشکه (quantity) · sh ба̏чва (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · uk ці́вка (metallic tube of a gun) · mi arahāmoa (metallic tube of a gun) · nrf bathi (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · cs hlaveň (metallic tube of a gun) · fi tynnyri (surfing: wave that breaks with a hollow compartment) · es barrica (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · izh bocka (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · hu cső (metallic tube of a gun) · mn боошиг (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · hu henger (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case) · la dolium (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ota فوچی (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ug چېلەك (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · th ลำกล้อง (metallic tube of a gun) · wa tonea (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · lb Faass (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · de Abfallbehälter (waste receptacle) · hu hulladékgyűjtő (waste receptacle) · pl beczka (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · es barril (quantity) · ang tunne (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ota فوچی (quantity) · af vat (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ca bóta (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · uz bochka (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · km ធុង (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · be ру́ля (metallic tube of a gun) · uz stvol (metallic tube of a gun) · tr namlu (metallic tube of a gun) · mk барабан (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case) · bg кофа (waste receptacle) · he חָבִית (quantity) · de Abfalltonne (waste receptacle) · de Fässchen (part of a clarinet) · fr canon (metallic tube of a gun) · sv päron (part of a clarinet) · ka ბარელი (quantity) · cmn 桶 (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · cmn 炮管 (metallic tube of a gun) · hu pisztolycső (metallic tube of a gun) · km តុង (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · lo ກະຖັງ (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · vi nòng (metallic tube of a gun) · sk hlaveň (metallic tube of a gun) · mn торх (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · sh bȕre (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · cy baril (metallic tube of a gun) · fi roskapönttö (waste receptacle) · be ба́рэль (quantity) · sl cev (metallic tube of a gun) · tt көбәк (metallic tube of a gun) · sh це̑в (metallic tube of a gun) · et vaat (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ltg buca (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · pl baryłka (quantity) · bg бъ́чва (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · da fad (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · cmn 槍管 /枪管 (metallic tube of a gun) · uk ствол (metallic tube of a gun) · fi tynnyri (quantity) · ro bute (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · fi tynnyri (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · el βαρέλι (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ru бочо́нок (part of a clarinet) · ca bocoi (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ca barral (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · xsv kanove (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · de Fass (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · kk бөшке (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · mt bittija (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · fi roskis (waste receptacle) · mk цевка (metallic tube of a gun) · nb løp (metallic tube of a gun) · nl ton (part of a clarinet) · az lülə (metallic tube of a gun) · eo tubo (metallic tube of a gun) · hu szemétláda (waste receptacle) · fr rouleau (surfing: wave that breaks with a hollow compartment) · ar مَاسُورَة (metallic tube of a gun) · ln pipa (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · it canna (metallic tube of a gun) · gd baraille (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ar بِرْمِيل (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · ru ду́ло (metallic tube of a gun) · mi kāho (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · chr ᏒᏙᏂ (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · fr barillet (part of a clarinet) · hu szemétgyűjtő (waste receptacle) · de Rumpf (ribs and belly of a horse or pony) · sl sod (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · az çəllək (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · de Hohlzylinder (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case) · tg мил (metallic tube of a gun) · nl vat (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · nl tonnetje (part of a clarinet) · ka კასრი (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · de Zylinder (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case) · gv stoandey (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · de Mülltonne (waste receptacle) · yi פֿאַס (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · lo ກະໂຫລ່ງ (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · sip ལྕགས་ཧྲང (metallic tube of a gun) · la cupa (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · hi पीपा (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · fi barreli (quantity) · fr futaille (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · he קָנֶה (metallic tube of a gun) · tyz búa (metallic tube of a gun) · cs bečka (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · kn ಪೀಪಾಯಿ (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · de Walze (surfing: wave that breaks with a hollow compartment) · kw balyer (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · uk бо́чка (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · de Schaft (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case) · es bocoy (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) · hu puskacső (metallic tube of a gun) · kk оқпан (metallic tube of a gun)