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Barrels

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.

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noun

1
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: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.
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.

verb

1
To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
2
To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.
"He came barrelling around the corner and I almost hit him."

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