barrel
noun
a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
barrels
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pluralof barrel.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof barrel (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
barrelnouna cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
Example Sentences
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She recommends placing rain barrels at those downspouts to capture the concentrated flow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Kpler estimates that redirecting 3 million barrels a day of Saudi crude would require an additional 36 to 40 very large crude carriers under its base case.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
A drone attack that heavily damaged one of Saudi Arabia’s pipelines is expected to cause crude oil exports to fall by 400,000 barrels per day this month alone.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
Dangote's sprawling refinery on the outskirts of Lagos, which began operating two years ago and now processes around 700,000 barrels of crude a day, has transformed the fortunes of Nigeria's oil sector.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
They carry loads of clapboard and sassafras root, and barrels of shiny rocks that we hope contain gold.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
