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barrel definition and meaning

n. 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.
n. 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/ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds.
n. A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.
n. A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
n. A jar.
n. The hollow basal part of a feather.
v. t. To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

Crossword clues for barrel

- Beer container
- Cask
- Completely, lock, stock and ...
- Container for beer
- Group of monkeys
- Gun part
- Keg
- Large cask
- Measure of capacity for oil
- Pub has right to display the Spanish keg
- Scraping the bottom of it is a last resort
- Wooden container
- Wooden container bound with hoops


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