barrel
🇺🇸
/ˈbærəl/
🇬🇧
/ˈbærəl/
noun
C1
A large round container with flat ends, often made of wood or metal.
The barrel was used to store fresh water.
C1
The amount inside a barrel, or a unit for measuring oil.
They bought a barrel of oil for the factory.
R
The long tube part of a gun where bullets come out.
He cleaned the barrel of his gun carefully.
verb
R
To move very fast in one direction, often without control.
The truck barreled down the road at high speed.
translation
A large round container with flat ends, often made of wood or metal.; The amount inside a barrel, or a unit for measuring oil.; The long tube part of a gun where bullets come out.
To move very fast in one direction, often without control.
Word Forms
3rd Present
barrels
Past
barreled
Perfect
barreled
Progressive
barreling
Plural
barrels