бо́чка — meaning in English
bochka
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English meaning
- barrel noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
- cask verb To store or age something, typically a drink, in a barrel.
- drum noun A percussion instrument with a tight skin stretched over a hollow body, played by striking.
- tun noun A large cask or barrel, especially one used for wine or beer.
Senses
бо́чка is used for these senses in English:
- barrel (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.
- barrel roll (aviation) An aerobatic flying maneuver in which the pilot causes the airplane to complete one loop in the same time that the airplane completes one roll, creating the appearance that the airplane is riding on the inside of a cylinder.
- bochka (historical) An old Russian liquid measure, approximately 492 litres.
- cask A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.)
- drum A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
- tun A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
barrel — full definition
- noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
- noun A unit of volume, especially for measuring oil.
- noun The long metal tube of a gun through which a bullet travels.
- verb To move very fast, often in an uncontrolled way.