Barrel
31barrel — bar|rel1 [ berəl ] noun count ** 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 contained in a barrel: Their customers drink a million barrels of… …
32barrel — [1] The air horn in the carburetor. In particular, it is that part where the throttle valve is located. If a carburetor has four openings with a throttle valve in each, it is called a four barrel carburetor. Also see carburetor barrel four barrel …
33barrel — I. /ˈbærəl / (say baruhl) noun 1. a wooden cylindrical vessel made of staves hooped together, and having slightly bulging sides and flat parallel ends. 2. a unit of quantity in the imperial system, equal to 159.11315 × 10 3 m3, and in the US, to… …
34Barrel — Tonne; Bottich; Gebinde; Fass * * * Bar|rel 〈[ bæ̣rəl] n. 15〉 engl. u. nordamerikanisches Hohlmaß, z. B. für Bier, Öl, Kartoffeln, 158,7 l [engl., „Fass, Tonne“] * * * Bar|rel [ bɛrəl , engl.: bærəl ], das; s, s <aber: 3 > [engl. barrel,… …
35barrel — n. & v. n. 1 a cylindrical container usu. bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops round them. 2 the contents of this. 3 a measure of capacity, usu. varying from 30 to 40 gallons. 4 a cylindrical tube… …
36barrel — bar•rel [[t]ˈbær əl[/t]] n. v. reled, rel•ing (esp. brit.) relled, rel•ling. 1) a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends 2) wam a standard quantity that such a vessel… …
37barrel — 1. A volume measurement of crude oil. 1 barrel = 42 gallons (US) or about 35 gallons (imperial) or 159 litres. 2. For statistical purposes, the petroleum industry uses a barrel containing 42 U.S. standard gallons. Where the price of fuel oils or… …
38barrel — n. 1) to tap a barrel 2) (misc.) (colloq.) to have smb. over a barrel ( to have placed smb. in a difficult position ) * * * [ bærəl] to tap a barrel (misc.) (colloq.) to have smb. over a barrel ( to have placed smb. in a difficult position ) …
39barrel — See: OVER A BARREL also OVER THE BARREL, SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL …
40barrel — See: OVER A BARREL also OVER THE BARREL, SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL …
