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▸ noun: Such a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
▸ noun: The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.
▸ noun: A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case
▸ noun: A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
▸ noun: (television) A ceiling-mounted tube from which lights are suspended.
▸ noun: (archaic) A tube.
▸ noun: (zoology) The hollow basal part of a feather.
▸ noun: (music) The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).
▸ noun: (surfing) A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.
▸ noun: (US, specifically New England) A waste receptacle.
▸ noun: The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A jar.
▸ noun: (biology) Any of the dark-staining regions in the somatosensory cortex of rodents, etc., where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus.
▸ noun: (baseball) A statistic derived from launch angle and exit velocity of a ball hit in play.
▸ verb: (transitive) To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To assume the shape of a barrel; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit barrel distortion, where the sides bulge outwards.
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