barrel
1. a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired (Freq. 8)
• Syn:
gun barrel
• Hypernyms:
tube, tubing
• Part Holonyms:
gun
2. a cylindrical container that holds liquids (Freq. 5)
• Syn:
cask
• Hypernyms:
vessel
• Hyponyms:
beer barrel, beer keg, butt, hogshead, keg,
pickle barrel, shook, tun, wine cask, wine barrel
• Part Meronyms:
breech, rear of barrel, rear of tube, bung, spile,
hoop, ring, stave, lag, tap, spigot
3. a bulging cylindrical shape;
hollow with flat ends (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
drum
• Hypernyms:
cylinder
4. the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
• Syn:
barrelful
• Hypernyms:
containerful
5. any of various units of capacity
- a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons
• Syn:
bbl
• Hypernyms:
United States liquid unit, British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit
• Part Holonyms:
hogshead
• Part Meronyms:
gallon, gal, Imperial gallon, congius
put in barrels
• Hypernyms:
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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