BARRELS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Barrel

Speech Type: Verb

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈbarəl
Dialects: British English
Definition:

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
Definition:

put into a barrel or barrels

Short Definition:

put into barrel

Examples:
  • when the young spirit is barrelled, it absorbs some of this flavour

Word: Barrel

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

Middle English: from Old French baril, from medieval Latin barriclus ‘small cask’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈbarəl
Dialects: British English
Definition:

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
Definition:

a tube forming part of an object such as a gun or a pen

Short Definition:

cylindrical part of object

Examples:
  • a gun barrel
Definition:

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

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