A barrel is one of several units of volume applied in various contexts: there are dry barrels; fluid barrels, such as the British beer barrel and American beer barrel; oil barrels, etc.

The meaning of BARREL is a round bulging vessel of greater length than breadth that is usually made of staves bound with hoops and has flat ends of equal diameter.

BARREL definition: a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends. See examples of barrel used in a sentence.

Barrel, large, bulging cylindrical container of sturdy construction traditionally made from wooden staves and wooden or metal hoops. The term is also a unit of volume measure, specifically 31 gallons of a …

over a barrel, at the mercy of circumstances or one's adversaries; without choices.

BARREL meaning: 1. a large container, made of wood, metal, or plastic, with a flat top and bottom and curved sides…. Learn more.

A barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food. The wine is aged for almost a year in oak barrels.

4 days ago · barrel (plural barrels) (countable) A 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 …

A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container, traditionally made of wood staves and bound with iron hoops. Its top and bottom are circular and flat, and usually equal in diameter.

Barrel definition: A large cylindrical container, usually made of staves bound together with hoops, with a flat top and bottom of equal diameter.