Barrel

  • 21Barrel — Einheit Norm Angloamerikanisches Maßsystem Einheitenname Barrel Einheitenzeichen bl., bbl. Dimensionsname Volumen Dimensionssymbol V …

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  • 22barrel — /bar euhl/, n., v., barreled, barreling or (esp. Brit.) barrelled, barrelling. n. 1. a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends. 2. the quantity that such a vessel of… …

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  • 23barrel —    1. (bbl or brl or bl)    a commercial unit of volume used to measure liquids such as beer and wine.    The official U. S. definition of the barrel is 31.5 gallons, which is about 4.211 cubic feet or 119.24 liters. This unit is the same as the… …

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  • 24barrel — noun 1 container ADJECTIVE ▪ beer, whisky/whiskey, wine, etc. ▪ oak, wooden VERB + BARREL ▪ fill …

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  • 25barrel — bar|rel1 S3 [ˈbærəl] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: baril] 1.) a large curved container with a flat top and bottom, made of wood or metal, and used for storing beer, wine etc ▪ The wine is aged in oak barrels. barrel of ▪ barrels of… …

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  • 26barrel — [[t]bæ̱rəl[/t]] ♦♦♦ barrels, barrelling, barrelled (in AM, use barreling, barreled) 1) N COUNT A barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food. The wine is aged for almost a year in oak barrels. ...barrels of pickled fish. 2) N COUNT:… …

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  • 27barrel — 1. noun /bɛɹəl/ a) 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… …

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  • 28barrel — I UK [ˈbærəl] / US [ˈberəl] noun [countable] Word forms barrel : singular barrel plural barrels ** 1) a round wooden, metal, or plastic container with a flat top and bottom, used for storing liquids empty beer barrels a) the amount of liquid… …

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  • 29barrel — 1 noun (C) 1 a large curved container with a flat top and bottom, made of wood or metal: barrels of beer 2 also barrelful the amount of liquid that a barrel contains, used especially as a measure of oil: Oil was $30 a barrel. 3 the part of a gun… …

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  • 30barrel — 01. The whiskey is aged in oak [barrels] for a number of years before it is bottled and made ready for sale. 02. OPEC has agreed to increase oil production by 300,000 [barrels] a day. 03. Retsina is a Greek wine which takes the taste of the… …

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