Barrel

//ˈbæɹ(ə)l//

Synonyms for "barrel" (160 found)

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Closest matches (32)

Noun(3 words)

cask keg abundance acres bag bags ball the jack barb barbule barrels basket beeline bole boom bottle bowl along box box up breeze breeze along

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brush bucket bullet burden bushel butt can capsule carton

Strong matches (48)

case cilium clip column copiousness countlessness crate cut along cylinder cylindroid drum dust encase encyst filament filamentule fill fleet flit flood

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fly fly low foot freight go fast great deal gun hamper haste hasten heap heap up highball hogshead hurriedness hustle jar lade lashings load lot lump make knots mass measure

Noun(2 words)

drum gun barrel

Verb(1 words)

embarrel

Related words (80)

Related word relations

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15 relation types

More general

15 entries

British capacity unit Imperial capacity unit United States liquid unit cask containerful cylinder lay place pose position put set tube tubing vessel

Synonyms

1 entries

cask

Related terms

1 entries

cooper

at location

1 entries

market

coordinate

13 entries

;butt drum hogshead keg pincushion pipe puncheon rundlet tertian tierce tun vat

derived

109 entries

African milk barrel Barrel of Doom Damascus barrel Pascal's barrel U-barrel barrel adjuster barrel bag barrel bomb barrel bulk barrel cactus barrel chest barrel child barrel drum barrel fever barrel file barrel head

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derived from

1 entries

bear

has context

7 entries

biology music new england specifically surfing us zoology

is a

9 entries

british capacity unit container containerful cylinder hollow cylindrical object storage device tube united states liquid unit vessel

manner of

1 entries

put

meronym

3 entries

head hoop stave

part of

2 entries

gun hogshead

related to

43 entries

basal beer beer container bulging case cask clarinet compartment container contralateral cooper crate cylinder discharged drum feather

Showing 16 of 43 words.

similar

2 entries

cask keg

used for

1 entries

hold

Translations

329 translations across 95 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

vat noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Albanian

2 entries

tytë noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
tytë noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

πίθος noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Arabic

4 entries

برميل noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
بِرْمِيل noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
سَبَطَانَة noun (metallic tube of a gun)
مَاسُورَة noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Armenian

3 entries

բարել noun (quantity)
տակառ noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
փող noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

lülə noun (metallic tube of a gun)
çəllək noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Belarusian

4 entries

ба́рэль noun (quantity)
бо́чка noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
ду́ла noun (metallic tube of a gun)
ру́ля noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Bengali

1 entries

পিপা noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Bulgarian

4 entries

ба́рел noun (quantity)
барабан noun (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case)
бу́ре noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
буренце noun (part of a clarinet)

Burmese

2 entries

စည် noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
စည်ပိုင်း noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Catalan

4 entries

barral noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
barril noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
bocoi noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
bóta noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᏒᏙᏂ noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

桶 noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
桶 noun (quantity)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

桶 noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
桶 noun (quantity)
槍管 /枪管 noun (metallic tube of a gun)
炮管 noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Church Slavic

1 entries

бъчька noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Cornish

1 entries

balyer noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Czech

4 entries

barel noun (quantity)
bečka noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
hlaveň noun (metallic tube of a gun)
sud noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Danish

3 entries

fad noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
løb noun (metallic tube of a gun)
tønde noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Dutch

4 entries

barrel noun (quantity)
loop noun (metallic tube of a gun)
ton noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
ton noun (part of a clarinet)

Esperanto

3 entries

barelo noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
paftubo noun (metallic tube of a gun)
tubo noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Estonian

2 entries

toru noun (metallic tube of a gun)
vaat noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Faroese

1 entries

tunna noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Finnish

4 entries

barreli noun (quantity)
kynä noun (zoology: hollow basal part of a feather)
pesä noun (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case)
piippu noun (metallic tube of a gun)

French

4 entries

baril noun (quantity)
barillet noun (part of a clarinet)
barrique noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
canon noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Galician

1 entries

embarrilar verb (put or pack in a barrel or barrels)

Georgian

3 entries

ბარელი noun (quantity)
კასრი noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
ლულა noun (metallic tube of a gun)

German

4 entries

Abfallbehälter noun (waste receptacle)
Abfalleimer noun (waste receptacle)
Abfalltonne noun (waste receptacle)
Barrel noun (quantity)

Greek

2 entries

βαρέλι noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
κάννη noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Hebrew

3 entries

חָבִית noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
חָבִית noun (quantity)
קָנֶה noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Hindi

2 entries

पीपा noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
बैरल noun (quantity)

Hungarian

4 entries

barrel noun (quantity)
cső noun (metallic tube of a gun)
dob noun (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case)
henger noun (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case)

Icelandic

4 entries

baula noun (part of a clarinet)
byssuhlaup noun (metallic tube of a gun)
hlaup noun (metallic tube of a gun)
tunna noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Indonesian

3 entries

barel noun (quantity)
laras bedil noun (metallic tube of a gun)
tong noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Ingrian

3 entries

bocka noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
puin noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
pytty noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

چلیک noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Irish

2 entries

bairille noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
bairille noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Italian

3 entries

barile noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
botte noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
canna noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Japanese

3 entries

バレル noun (quantity)
樽 noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
銃身 noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Kannada

1 entries

ಪೀಪಾಯಿ noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Kazakh

2 entries

бөшке noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
оқпан noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Khmer

2 entries

តុង noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
ធុង noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Korean

4 entries

배럴 noun (quantity)
총신 noun (metallic tube of a gun)
총열 noun (metallic tube of a gun)
통 noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

бочка noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
ствол noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Lao

4 entries

ກະຖັງ noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
ກະໂຫລ່ງ noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
ຖັງ noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
ບາເລນ noun (quantity)

Latgalian

1 entries

buca noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Latin

3 entries

cupa noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
dolium noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
tympanum noun (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case)

Latvian

3 entries

barels noun (quantity)
muca noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
stobrs noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Lingala

1 entries

pipa noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Lithuanian

2 entries

stati̇̀nė noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
vamzdis noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Faass noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Macedonian

4 entries

барабан noun (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case)
барел noun (quantity)
буре noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
цевка noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Malay

2 entries

laras noun (metallic tube of a gun)
tong noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Maltese

1 entries

bittija noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Manx

2 entries

feddan noun (metallic tube of a gun)
stoandey noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Middle French

1 entries

tonnel noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Mongolian

2 entries

боошиг noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
торх noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Māori

2 entries

arahāmoa noun (metallic tube of a gun)
kāho noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Norman

1 entries

bathi noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

fat noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
fat noun (quantity)
løp noun (metallic tube of a gun)
pipe noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

fat noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
fat noun (quantity)
laup noun (metallic tube of a gun)
løp noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Old English

1 entries

tunne noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Old French

1 entries

tonel noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

شرابخانه noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
فوچی noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
فوچی noun (quantity)
لكنده noun (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case)

Persian

4 entries

بشکه noun (quantity)
بُشکِه noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
تنکه noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
لوله noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Scheetrua noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Polabian

1 entries

klådă noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Polish

3 entries

baryłka noun (quantity)
beczka noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
lufa noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Portuguese

4 entries

barril noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
barril noun (quantity)
cano noun (metallic tube of a gun)
tonel noun (quantity)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਨਾਲ਼ੀ noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Romanian

3 entries

bute noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
butoi noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
țeavă noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Russian

4 entries

ба́ррель noun (quantity)
бараба́н noun (solid drum, hollow cylinder or case)
бо́чка noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
бочо́нок noun (part of a clarinet)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

baraille noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

bȁčva noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
bȕre noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
cijȇv noun (metallic tube of a gun)
cȇv noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Sikkimese

1 entries

ལྕགས་ཧྲང noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Slovak

2 entries

hlaveň noun (metallic tube of a gun)
sud noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Slovene

2 entries

cev noun (metallic tube of a gun)
sod noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Spanish

4 entries

barrica noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
barril noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
barril noun (quantity)
bocoy noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Sudovian

1 entries

kanove noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Swahili

2 entries

kasiba noun (metallic tube of a gun)
pipa noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Swedish

4 entries

fat noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
oljefat noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
pipa noun (metallic tube of a gun)
päron noun (part of a clarinet)

Tajik

2 entries

бочка noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
мил noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Tatar

2 entries

көбәк noun (metallic tube of a gun)
көпшә noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Thai

3 entries

ถัง noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
บาร์เรล noun (quantity)
ลำกล้อง noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Tibetan

2 entries

ཆུ་ཟོམ noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
ཟོམ noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Turkish

3 entries

namlu noun (metallic tube of a gun)
varil noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
varil noun (quantity)

Turkmen

1 entries

çelek noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Tày

1 entries

búa noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ба́рель noun (quantity)
бо́чка noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
ду́ло noun (metallic tube of a gun)
лю́фа noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Urdu

1 entries

پیپا noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Uyghur

2 entries

تۇڭ noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
چېلەك noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Uzbek

2 entries

bochka noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
stvol noun (metallic tube of a gun)

Vietnamese

4 entries

nòng noun (metallic tube of a gun)
thùng rượu noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
thùng tonneau noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
thùng tròn noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Walloon

1 entries

tonea noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Welsh

2 entries

baril noun (metallic tube of a gun)
casgen noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

Yiddish

1 entries

פֿאַס noun (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)

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The GOP accused the Democrats of pork barrel politics.

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Middle Eastern oil prices jumped by five dollars per barrel.

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One rotten apple spoils the barrel.

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In 1835, a barrel of flour cost six dollars.

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