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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 |