noun. A large cylindrical container, usually made of staves bound together with hoops, with a flat top and bottom of equal diameter.

noun. The quantity that a barrel with a given or standard capacity will hold.

noun. Any of various units of volume or capacity. In the US Customary System it varies, as a liquid measure, from 31 to 42 gallons (117 to 159 liters) as established by law or usage.

noun. A cylindrical or hollow part, especially.

noun. The thicker portion of a baseball bat, from which the most powerful hits are struck.

noun. The cylindrical part of a firearm through which the bullet travels.

noun. A cylinder that contains a movable piston.

noun. The drum of a capstan.

noun. The cylinder within the mechanism of a timepiece that contains the mainspring.

noun. The trunk of a quadruped animal, such as a horse or cow.

noun. The tubular space inside a wave when it is breaking.

noun. A large quantity.

noun. An act or instance of moving rapidly, often recklessly, in a motor vehicle.

adjective. Resembling or similar to a barrel, as in shape.

intransitive verb. To put or pack in a barrel.

intransitive verb. To move or progress rapidly.

idiom. (barrel/barrelhead) Granting, giving, or requesting no credit.

idiom. (over a barrel) In a very awkward position from which extrication is difficult.

To put or pack in a barrel or barrels: as, to barrel beef, pork, or fish.

noun. In mining, a vessel by which water is lifted by engine or windlass from a sinking-shaft.

noun. A vessel or cask of a cylindrical form, generally bulging in the middle, usually made of wooden staves bound together with hoops, and having flat parallel heads.

noun. As a measure of capacity, the quantity of anything, liquid or solid, which a barrel should contain.

noun. The contents of a barrel: sometimes, like bottle, used to signify intoxicating drink.

noun. The money (especially when the sum is large) supplied by a candidate in a political campaign, for campaign expenses, but especially for corrupt purposes: hence, a barrel campaign is one in which money is lavishly employed to bribe voters: in this sense often written and pronounced bar'l (bärl), in humorous imitation of vulgar speech.

noun. Anything resembling a barrel; a drum or cylinder.

transitive verb. To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

noun. A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.

noun. The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 311/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds.

noun. A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case.

noun. A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.

noun. A jar.

noun. The hollow basal part of a feather.

noun. a measure equal to five cubic feet, used in estimating capacity, as of a vessel for freight.

noun. a drain in the form of a cylindrical tube.

noun. the cylindrical part of a boiler, containing the flues.

noun. the tympanum, or tympanic cavity.

noun. an instrument for producing music by the action of a revolving cylinder.

noun. See under Vault.

noun. A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.

noun. The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons; of crude oil 42 gallons.

noun. A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case;

noun. A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.

noun. A tube.

noun. The hollow basal part of a feather.

noun. The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).

noun. A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.

noun. A waste receptacle.

noun. The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.

verb. To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

verb. To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.

"The 21 months this wine spent in barrel is much more apparent, almost overwhelming at this stage in the wine's development."