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   barrel

   /ˈbarəl/

   noun

   • 1. a cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops round them: "the wine is then matured in old barrels"
   • ▪ a barrel together with its contents: "a barrel of beer"
   • ▪ a measure of capacity used for oil and beer, usually equal to 36 imperial gallons for beer and 35 imperial gallons or 42 US gallons (roughly 159 litres) for oil: "the well was producing 10,000 barrels a day"
   • 2. a tube forming part of an object such as a gun or a pen: "a gun barrel"
   • 3. the belly and loins of a four-legged animal such as a horse: "a Welsh mountain pony with a barrel like a butt of wine"

   verb

   • 1. drive or move in a way that is so fast as to almost be out of control: informal North American "we barrelled across the Everglades"
   • 2. put into a barrel or barrels: "when the young spirit is barrelled, it absorbs some of this flavour"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French baril, from medieval Latin barriclus ‘small cask’.

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