barril — meaning in English
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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.
- drum noun A percussion instrument with a tight skin stretched over a hollow body, played by striking.
- keg noun A small barrel-shaped container, usually round and made of wood or metal, used to hold liquids such as beer.
Senses
barril 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 Such a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun#Noun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
- barrel The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.
- drum A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
- keg A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.
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.
drum — full definition
- noun A percussion instrument with a tight skin stretched over a hollow body, played by striking.
- noun A cylindrical container, especially one used to store or transport liquid.
- verb To strike or tap rhythmically, as if playing a drum.