barrel
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- A barrel is a tall and round container.
- A barrel is the amount of something that is in a full barrel, or that would fit in the barrel. For example, a barrel of water or a barrel of beer.
- The barrel of a gun is the part the bullet goes through.
- The barrel of a clarinet is the part you connect the mouth piece.
- The barrel of a horse or pony is its ribs.
- A barrel is a solid metal tube that may be part of some machines.
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- (intransitive) If you barrel, you move very quickly.