Word Meaning

Meaning of barrel

- A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads.
- The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31/ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds.
- A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.
- A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
- A jar.
- The hollow basal part of a feather.
- To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

Crossword clue for barrel

- Beer container
- Cask
- Completely, lock, stock and ...
- Container for beer
- Group of monkeys
- Gun part
- Keg
- Large cask
- Measure of capacity for oil
- Pub has right to display the Spanish keg
- Scraping the bottom of it is a last resort
- Wooden container
- Wooden container bound with hoops