FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n (zoology) The hollow basal part of a feather.

n (countable) 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 called a drum.

n The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons; of crude oil 42 gallons.

n A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case;

n A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.

n (archaic) A tube.

n (music) The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).

n (context|surfing) A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.

n (US|specifically|_|New England) A waste receptacle.

n The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.

v (transitive) To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

v (intransitive) To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.