barrel

n//ˈbæɹ(ə)l//

fat, tunna, oljefat, päron, pipa, lopp

  1. (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 ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.

  2. Such a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun#Noun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)

  3. A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.

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