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Sounds | bae'rahl; beh'rahl |
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Rhymes | abdominal, Abel, able, and 2059 more rhymes in ahl at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired. |
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Synonyms | gun barrel |
Part of | gun |
Broader | tube, tubing |
Meaning | A cylindrical container that holds liquids. |
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Synonyms | cask |
Parts | breech, rear of barrel, rear of tube; bung, spile; hoop, ring; stave, lag; tap, spigot |
Narrower | beer barrel, beer keg; butt; hogshead; keg; pickle barrel; shook; tun; wine cask, wine barrel |
Broader | vessel |
Verbs | barrel |
Meaning | A bulging cylindrical shape. Hollow with flat ends. |
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Synonyms | drum |
Broader | cylinder |
Meaning | The quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold. |
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Synonyms | barrelful |
Broader | containerful |
Verbs | barrel |
Meaning | Any of various units of capacity. |
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Examples | "a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons" |
Synonyms | bbl |
Part of | hogshead |
Parts | gallon, gal; gallon, Imperial gallon, congius |
Broader | United States liquid unit; British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit |
Meaning | Put in barrels. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay |
Nouns | barrel; barrel |