Definition of Barrels. Meaning of Barrels. Synonyms of Barrels

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Definition of Barrels

Barrel
Barrel Bar"rel (b[a^]r"r[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barreled (-r[e^]ld), or Barrelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Barreling, or Barrelling.] To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
Barrel
Barrel Bar"rel (b[a^]r"r[e^]l), n.[OE. barel, F. baril, prob. fr. barre bar. Cf. Barricade.] 1. 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. 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 311/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds. 3. 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.

Meaning of Barrels from wikipedia

- garryana) has been used. Someone who makes traditional wooden barrels is called a cooper. Today, barrels and casks can also be made of aluminum, stainless steel...
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- Red Barrels Inc. is a Canadian video game developer based in Montreal. The company was founded by Philippe Morin, David Chateauneuf and Hugo Dallaire...
- wooden barrels onto civilian areas in the northern peninsula of Jaffna. A 1990 newspaper reported that "barrel bombs - 210 litre cast iron barrels packed...
- A barrel murder was a method for disposing of the bodies of people killed by early American mafiosi since the 1870s, although the earliest recorded barrel...
- appearance somewhat reminiscent of storage barrels being stacked together, hence the English name. Gun barrels are usually made of some type of metal or...
- English Dictionary dates the modern sense of the term from 1873. Pork barrels originally came from storing meat. By the 1870s, references to "pork" were...
- replace the barrel with another one. While not a difficult operation, barrels are unwieldy and expensive, so many organ grinders have only one barrel for their...
- TIM barrels using HisA and HisF half-barrels. These experiments led to the proposal of a novel means of diversification and evolution of TIM-barrel enzymes...