barrel
1. a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired (Freq. 8) • Syn: gun barrel • Hypernyms: tube, tubing • Part Holonyms: gun 2. a cylindrical container that holds liquids (Freq. 5) • Syn: cask • Hypernyms: vessel • Hyponyms: beer barrel, beer keg, butt, hogshead, keg, pickle barrel, shook, tun, wine cask, wine barrel • Part Meronyms: breech, rear of barrel, rear of tube, bung, spile, hoop, ring, stave, lag, tap, spigot 3. a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends (Freq. 2) • Syn: drum • Hypernyms: cylinder 4. the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold • Syn: barrelful • Hypernyms: containerful 5. any of various units of capacity - a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons • Syn: bbl • Hypernyms: United States liquid unit, British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit • Part Holonyms: hogshead • Part Meronyms: gallon, gal, Imperial gallon, congius
put in barrels • Hypernyms: put, set, place, pose, position, lay • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something
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