Definizione monolingua

barrel

barrel (third-person singular simple present barrels, present participle barrelling, simple past and past participle barrelled)

1. To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.

   He came barrelling around the corner and I almost hit him.

barrel (plural barrels)

1. (countable) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.

   a cracker barrel

2. The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons; of crude oil 42 gallons.
   • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 205:

     Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons.

   • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 205:

     23 Hen. VIII, cap. 4... The barrel of beer is to hold 36 gallons, the kilderkin 18 gallons the firkin 9. But the barrel, kilderkin, and firkin of ale are to contain 32, 16, and 8 gallons.

3. A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case;

   the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.

4. A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
5. (obsolete) A jar. 1 Kings xvii. 12.
6. (archaic) A tube.
7. (zoology) The hollow basal part of a feather.
8. (music) The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).
9. (surfing) A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.
10. (US, specifically New England) A waste receptacle.

    Throw it away in the trash barrel.

11. The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.

Definizione dizionario barrel

	barile
	round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop

botte

condotto

bariletto

barilotto

botte di trasporto

canna

cassa

cilindro

serbatoio

tamburo

tubo

Altri significati:

(surfing) A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.

To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.

A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.

A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case;

(music) The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).

unit of liquid measure equal to one-quarter of a pipe

The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons; of crude oil 42 gallons.

A unit of volume used to measure crude oil and other petroleum products and equivalent to 42 US gallons (158.9873 liters).

(countable) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.

(US, specifically New England) A waste receptacle.

(zoology) The hollow basal part of a feather.

(archaic) A tube.

(obsolete) A jar. 1 Kings xvii. 12.

part of a clarinet

metallic tube of a gun

The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.