What is "BARREL"?

Answer 1

→ n.
1. a cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves enclosed by metal hoops. • a measure of capacity for oil and beer, equal to 36 imperial gallons for beer and 35 imperial gallons or 42 US gallons (roughly 159 litres) for oil.
2. a cylindrical tube forming part of an object such as a gun or a pen.
3. the belly and loins of a four-legged animal such as a horse.



→ v. (barrels, barrelling, barrelled; (US) barrels, barreling, barreled)
1. (informal, chiefly N. Amer.) drive or move very fast.
2. put into a barrel or barrels.




- PHRASES over a barrel (informal) in a severely disadvantageous position. with both barrels (informal) with unrestrained force.


- ORIGIN ME: from OFr. baril, from med. L. barriclus ‘small cask’.

Answer 2

Here are particular meanings of the word Barrel
Main Word: barrel
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: container
Synonyms: butt, cask, cylinder, drum, firkin, hogshead, keg, pipe, receptacle, tub, tun, vat, vessel
Units of Dry Measure
For dry measure, or dry capacity, the basic unit is the bushel, which is divided into 4 pecks, 32 dry quarts, or 64 dry pints. The U.S. bushel, or Winchester bushel, is 2,150.42 cu in. and is about 3% smaller than the British imperial bushel of 2,219.36 cu in., with a similar difference existing between U.S. and British subdivisions. The barrel is a unit for measuring the capacity of larger quantities and has various legal definitions depending on the quantity being measured, the most common value being 105 dry quarts

Answer 3

42 gallons.