Barrel synonyms
băr'əl
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On a printing press, a roller carrying the printing plates or the part receiving the impression
A block or wedge placed under a wheel, barrel, etc. to keep it from rolling or used to fill in a space
Any of various units of volume or capacity ranging from 63 to 140 gallons (238 to 530 liters), especially a unit of capacity used in liquid measure in the United States equal to 63 gallons (238 liters).
A drinking vessel, such as a cup or tankard.
The larger or thicker end of an object:
Any of various mixtures of solid or semisolid triglycerides found in adipose animal tissue or in the seeds of plants: they are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents
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A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.
Activity or motion that is often unduly hurried; haste:
kilderkin
An old English liquid measure, usually being half a barrel; containing 18 English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure.
A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment.
To be overcome or submerged by a wave or surge of water.
A great amount or quantity
A plentiful or abundant supply; enough or more than enough
Rich or lavish supply; abundance
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The world is the planet and all the people on it, or describes the things that are important to a person.
A great number or large quantity of things.
The amount, as of food, that is processed and packaged at one time or in one season.
Peck means a quick and casual kiss.
A long, heavy timber or beam driven into the ground, sometimes under water, to support a bridge, dock, etc.
(Countable) Capability or influence.
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Something seen:
Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
(Brit.) To ride (a horse) at a fast pace
To bustle is defined as to hurry.
Dart is defined as to move or throw quickly.
To hasten.
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(Slang) To think of or remember something suddenly:
(Obsolete) To drift.
To move quickly from one location to another.
To move through the air by means of wings or winglike parts.
To cause to be or come faster; speed up; accelerate
Hustle is defined as to move quickly or push, or to get something by wrongful or illegal ways.
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(Intransitive) To throw out words.
Race is defined as to compete in a contest of speed.
A vehicle or device propelled by one or more rocket engines, especially such a vehicle designed to travel through space.
To move swiftly; hurry:
To glide, float, or move steadily through the air
To go or move quickly; hurry (off); dart
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To remove as if by cleaning; sweep away; get rid of
To drive at a speed exceeding a legal limit:
To make (an opening) with force or energy.
To cause to move with a spinning motion:
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To throw or spin rapidly:
To pass through or over by or as if by flying
To move with a sharp hissing sound.
To move with a zooming sound
In haste.
To rip is defined as to cut or tear away, to move quickly, or to slash violently.
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(Slang) To proceed at great speed
get-a-move-on
go like lightning
go like the wind
hotfoot-it
make-haste
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make-tracks
run like the wind
shake-a-leg
step (or jump) on it
big (related)
A biological insulation garment; an air-tight, full-body suit intended to prevent the spread of contaminants.
move (related)
To change posture or position; stir:
gun barrel
a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
bbl
Bank Brussel Lambert (Banque Bruxelles Lambert), now part of the ING Group
barrelful
A large amount.
A sound produced by this instrument.
gallon (related)
ton (related)
litre (related)
tank (related)
canister (related)
bottle (related)
tin (related)
tumbler (related)
tonne (related)
The definition of a vat is a large basin that holds liquids.
puncheon
A short low bridge of similar construction.
A small wooden barrel or covered vessel.
carboy
A large glass or plastic bottle enclosed for protection in basketwork or in a wooden crate: used esp. as a container for corrosive liquids
A large cask, esp. for wine, beer, or ale
Any of a number of cuplike or disklike structures supporting spores, sex organs, etc.
This volume as a unit of liquid measure.
A large reusable receptacle that can accommodate smaller cartons or cases in a single shipment, designed for efficient handling of cargo.
(of flour) 196 pounds. associatedwords: gauntree
(of wine) 31-1/2 gallons
cade
A bushy juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus) chiefly of the Mediterranean region that is used in horticulture and whose wood yields juniper tar.
(Southern England) a steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea
(Anat.) A sac or cavity containing a natural bodily fluid
The definition of a gantry is a frame or a framework, often used as a platform.
A narrow strip of wood forming part of the sides of a barrel, tub, or similar structure.
The definition of a lot is a large number or greater extent.
(Slang) To snatch up hastily.
Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample. [First attested in the late 19th century.]
A large but nonspecific amount or number:
Find another word for barrel. In this page you can discover 115 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for barrel, like: cylinder, chock, hogshead, stoup, butt, cooper, fat, hoop, hurry, kilderkin and pin.
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