barillet — meaning in English

English meaning

• barrel noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
• cylinder noun A solid or hollow object with straight parallel sides and a circular cross-section, like a tube or a can.

Senses

barillet is used for these senses in English:

• barrel Such a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun#Noun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
• cylinder A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas; a gas cylinder.
• cylinder The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges.

barrel — full definition

1. noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
2. noun A unit of volume, especially for measuring oil.
3. noun The long metal tube of a gun through which a bullet travels.
4. verb To move very fast, often in an uncontrolled way.

cylinder — full definition

1. noun A solid or hollow object with straight parallel sides and a circular cross-section, like a tube or a can.
2. noun The chamber in an engine in which a piston moves back and forth.
3. noun A container shaped like a tube used to hold pressurized gas.

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