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Word: Barrel
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Old French baril, from medieval Latin barriclus ‘small cask’
ˈbarəl
a cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops round them
Short Definition:large cylindrical container
Examples:- the wine is then matured in old barrels
a tube forming part of an object such as a gun or a pen
Short Definition:cylindrical part of object
Examples:- a gun barrel
the belly and loins of a four-legged animal such as a horse
Short Definition:belly of horse
Examples:- a Welsh mountain pony with a barrel like a butt of wine
Word: Barrel
Speech Type: Verb
ˈbarəl
drive or move in a way that is so fast as to almost be out of control
Short Definition:move very fast
Examples:- we barrelled across the Everglades
put into a barrel or barrels
Short Definition:put into barrel
Examples:- when the young spirit is barrelled, it absorbs some of this flavour
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