barrel
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Synonyms: barren, barred, barre, carrel, barret, parrel, borrel, barbel, burrel, bawrel, barres
Antonyms: barren, barred, barre, carrel, barret, parrel, borrel, barbel, burrel, bawrel, barres
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Noun
- {{senseid|en|round vessel such as cask}} {{lb|en|countable}} A [[round]] ({{l|en|cylindrical}}) [[vessel]], such as a [[cask]], of greater length than breadth, and [[bulging]] in the middle, made of [[stave]]s bound with [[hoop]]s, and having flat ends ({{l|en|head|id=coopering|heads}}). {{ng|The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a [[drum]].}}
- {{senseid|en|Q178506}}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]]
- {{senseid|en|gun barrel or similar}} A [[metallic]] [[tube]], as of a [[gun]], from which a [[projectile]] is [[discharged]].
- {{senseid|en|venturi}} {{lb|en|automotive}} A {{l|en|venturi|id=throat of a carburetor}} (in [[carburetion#Noun|carburetion]]).
- {{senseid|en|light-hanging equipment}} {{lb|en|television}} A ceiling-mounted tube from which [[light]]s are suspended.
- {{lb|en|archaic}} Any [[tube]].
- {{lb|en|zoology}} The [[hollow]] [[basal]] part of a [[feather]].
- {{senseid|en|clarinet}} {{lb|en|music}} The part of a [[clarinet]] which connects the [[mouthpiece]] and [[upper joint]], and [[resemble]]s a barrel.
- {{lb|en|surfing}} A wave that breaks with a hollow [[compartment]].
- {{lb|en|US|specifically|_|New England}} A waste receptacle.
- {{senseid|en|equestrian}} The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[move]] quickly or in an [[uncontrolled]] manner.
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[assume]] the [[shape#Noun|shape]] of a [[#Noun|barrel]]; specifically, of the [[image#Noun|image]] on a [[computer]] [[display#Noun|display]], [[television]], etc., to [[exhibit#Verb|exhibit]] [[barrel distortion]], where the [[side#Noun|sides]] [[bulge#Verb|bulge]] [[outwards]].
- {{lb|en|poker slang}} To [[bet]] [[consecutively]] on multiple [[street]]s.
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