barrel
A round vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the…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.
» We used a barrel for a makeshift table.
Мы пользовались бочкой как самодельным столом.
Мы использовали бочку как временный стол.
Ми використали бочку як тимчасовий стіл.
Ми вжили діжку за тимчасовий стіл.
Meaning
16 senses(countable)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
a cracker 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.
(countable)Such a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.
Barrel
ба́ррельbárrɛlʹ
ба́рельbárelʹ
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.
Trommel, Hohlzylinder, Gehäuse
бараба́нbarabán
A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
Lauf, Gewehrrohr, Gewehrlauf
стволstvol, ду́лоdúlo
стволstvol, ду́лоdúlo, ці́вкаcívka
a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
A venturi (in carburetion).
A ceiling-mounted tube from which lights are suspended.
The hollow basal part of a feather.
Federspule, Spindel
The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and resembles a barrel.
Birne, Fass, Fässchen
бочо́нокbočónok
A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.
Walze
(New England, US, specifically)A waste receptacle.
Throw it into the trash barrel.
Abfallbehälter, Abfalltonne, Abfalleimer
The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.
Rumpf
Examples
93 sentencesWe used a barrel for a makeshift table.
Ми використали бочку як тимчасовий стіл.
ruМы пользовались бочкой как самодельным столом.
Tom has a double-barreled shotgun.
These barrels are filled with brandy.
deDiese Fässer sind mit Brandy gefüllt.
That barrel is full of brandy.
It's like shooting fish in a barrel.
ruЭто проще пареной репы.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English barel, from Anglo-Norman baril, Old French baril, bareil (“barrel”), oFrom Middle English barel, from Anglo-Norman baril, Old French baril, bareil (“barrel”), of uncertain origin. An attempt to link baril to Old French barre (“bar, bolt”) (compare Medieval Latin barra (“bar, rod”)) via assumed Vulgar Latin *barrīculum meets the phonological requirement, but fails to connect the word semantically. The alternative connection to Frankish *baril, *beril or Gothic *𐌱𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌻𐍃 (*bērils, “container for transport”), from Proto-Germanic *barilaz, *bērilaz (“barrel, jug, container”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, transport”), is more plausible as it connects not only the form of the word but also the sense; equivalent to bear + -le. Compare also Old High German biril (“jug, large pot”), Luxembourgish Bärel, Bierel (“jug, pot”), Old Norse berill (“barrel for liquids”), Old English byrla (“barrel of a horse, trunk, body”). More at bear.
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