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Meanings of barrel in English

Russian
баррель
Portuguese
barril
Spanish
barril británico o imperial
Catalan
barril
Wikidata

Unit of volume with different values.

        Related terms
        баррель
        Portuguese
        tubo
        Catalan
        canó
        Spanish
        cañón

        A tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired.

              tubo
              Portuguese
              barril
              Catalan
              tonell
              Spanish
              cuba

              A cylindrical container that holds liquids.

                    barril
                    Portuguese
                    tambor
                    Catalan
                    tona

                    A bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends.

                          tambor
                          Usage of barrel in English
                          1
                          Try to make it short barrel with a lot of blasting power.
                          The Godfather
                          2
                          By comparison, Lagunitas' barrel volumes jumped 50 percent in the same year.
                          Reuters
                          3
                          We agreed on one point: Pomerleau hadn't sealed herself in that barrel.
                          Bones Never Lie
                          4
                          Fasten the barrel staves in pairs, leaving a space of 4 in.
                          The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
                          5
                          The water had crept to a point just below the barrel's brim.
                          Break No Bones
                          6
                          He glared full in the eyes above the rifle barrel and bellowed:
                          The Plunderer
                          7
                          No less extraordinary is the pork-barrel tradition wrecking state and national budgets.
                          The Guardian
                          8
                          Thoughts were that it would continue along that single barrel shotgun theme.
                          The Irish Times
                          9
                          The stock is at his shoulder; his eye ranges along the barrel.
                          The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life
                          10
                          Smith started to turn, his arms swinging the rifle barrel their way.
                          The charlemagne pursuit
                          11
                          Then he caught the glint of a revolver barrel in the moonlight.
                          Ted Strong in Montana / Or, With Lariat and Spur
                          12
                          Various configurations are possible, including a curved barrel for firing around corners.
                          Wired
                          13
                          It leaves the barrel going way faster than the speed of sound.
                          Jack Reacher 01 - Killing Floor
                          14
                          Now he remembered exactly why he'd taken refuge beside the ale barrel.
                          The brazen gambit
                          15
                          The smaller the number on the barrel, the greater was its value.
                          Amusements in Mathematics
                          16
                          If there is a second barrel, pass it out among the survivors.
                          Nefertiti
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                          Translations for barrel
                          Barrel through the time
                          Barrel across language varieties
                          Ireland
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          Canada
                          Common
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