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1.NounA round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum."a cracker barrel; "
2.NounSuch a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
3.NounThe quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.
4.NounA solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case"the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled."
5.NounA metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
6.NounA venturi (in carburetion).
7.NounA ceiling-mounted tube from which lights are suspended.
8.NounAny tube.
9.NounThe hollow basal part of a feather.
10.NounThe part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and resembles a barrel.
11.NounA wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.
12.NounA waste receptacle."Throw it into the trash barrel."
13.NounThe ribs and belly of a horse or pony.
14.NounA jar.
15.NounAny of the dark-staining regions in the somatosensory cortex of rodents, etc., where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus.
16.NounA statistic derived from launch angle and exit velocity of a ball hit in play.
17.VerbTo put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
18.VerbTo move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner."He came barrelling around the corner and I almost hit him."
19.VerbTo assume the shape of a barrel; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit barrel distortion, where the sides bulge outwards.
20.VerbTo bet consecutively on multiple streets.