Overview of noun barrel

The noun barrel has 5 senses

• barrel, gun barrel -- (a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired)


• barrel, cask -- (a cylindrical container that holds liquids)


• barrel, drum -- (a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends)


• barrel, barrelful -- (the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold)


• barrel, bbl -- (any of various units of capacity; "a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons")

Overview of verb barrel

The verb barrel has 1 sense

• barrel -- (put in barrels)