A barrel is one of several units of volume applied in various contexts: there are dry barrels; fluid barrels, such as the British beer barrel and American beer barrel; oil barrels, etc.

The meaning of BARREL is a round bulging vessel of greater length than breadth that is usually made of staves bound with hoops and has flat ends of equal diameter.

BARREL definition: 1. a large container, made of wood, metal, or plastic, with a flat top and bottom and curved sides…. Learn more.

The barrel of a gun is the tube through which the bullet moves when the gun is fired.

over a barrel, at the mercy of circumstances or one's adversaries; without choices.

Barrel, large, bulging cylindrical container of sturdy construction traditionally made from wooden staves and wooden or metal hoops. The term is also a unit of volume measure, specifically 31 gallons of a …

Feb 21, 2026 · barrel (plural barrels) (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 …

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BARREL definition: a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends. See examples of barrel used in a sentence.