barrel
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.
Noun 4 meanings
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 quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.
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.”
A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
Verb 3 meanings
To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.
“He came barrelling around the corner and I almost hit him.”
To assume the shape of a barrel; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit barrel distortion, where the sides bulge outwards.
Etymology
From Middle English barel, from Anglo-Norman baril, Old French baril, bareil (“barrel”), of uncertain origin.
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BARREL at a glance
BARREL has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (B 3 + A 1 + R 1 + R 1 + E 1 + L 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,297 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with barrel
All rhymes- APPAREL11
- SQUIRREL17
- LAUREL6
- QUARREL16
- MACKEREL16
- MINSTREL10
- SCOUNDREL12
- MONGREL10
- MOREL7
- SORREL6
- KESTREL11
- COCKEREL16
One letter away
- BARRED9
- BARREN8
- BARRET8
- CARREL8
- BARBEL10
- BARRES8
- BORREL8
- BURREL8
- PARREL8
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