barrel

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 2 Tatar 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English barrell from Anglo-Norman baril from Old French baril, bareil, of uncertain origin. An attempt to link baril to Old French barre "bar, bolt" (cf Mediaeval Latin barra "bar, rod") via assumed Vulgar Latin *barrīculum meets the phonological requirement, but fails to connect the word semantically. The alternate connection to the Germanic source: Frankish *baril, beril or Gothic *berils "container for transport", from Proto-Germanic *berila-, berilaz (“‘barrel, jug, container’”), is more plausible as it connects not only the form of the word but also the sense. Compare also Old High German biril "jug, large pot" (German dial. (Luxembourgish) Bärel, Bierel "jug, pot"), Old Norse berill "barrel for liquids", Old English byrelian "to pour". More at bear

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• IPA: /bɛɹəl/
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• Rhymes: -ærəl

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barrel (plural barrels)

1. (countable) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.

   a cracker barrel

2. The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons; of crude oil 42 gallons.

   • 1882: Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 205.
   • 1882: 23 Hen. VIII, cap. 4... The barrel of beer is to hold 36 gallons, the kilderkin 18 gallons the firkin 9. But the barrel, kilderkin, and firkin of ale are to contain 32, 16, and 8 gallons. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 205.

3. 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.

4. A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
5. (obsolete) A jar. 1 Kings xvii. 12.
6. (archaic) A tube.
7. (zoology) The hollow basal part of a feather.
8. (music) The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).
9. (idiomatic, surfing) A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.
10. (US, specifically New England) A waste receptacle.

    Throw it away in the trash barrel.

11. The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.

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barrel of monkeys barrel roll like shooting fish in a barrel

lock, stock and barrel over a barrel

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[edit] Verb

to barrel (third-person singular simple present barrels, present participle barrelling, simple past and past participle barrelled)

1. To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.

   He came barrelling around the corner and I almost hit him.

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[edit] Noun

barrel

1. barrel (units of measure).

Ber barrel neft 41 dollar = One barrel of oil 41 dollar [1].

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