barrel

1. n. 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. Source: opted

2. n. 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/ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds. Source: opted

3. n. A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled. Source: opted

4. n. A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged. Source: opted

5. n. A jar. Source: opted

6. n. The hollow basal part of a feather. Source: opted

7. v. t. To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels. Source: opted

8. n. a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired Source: wordnet

9. n. a cylindrical container that holds liquids Source: wordnet

10. n. a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends Source: wordnet

11. n. the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold Source: wordnet

12. n. any of various units of capacity Source: wordnet

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