barrel
noun
a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
half-barrel
-
a word derived from
barrel.
Example Sentences
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A slender, Y-shaped canopy will replace the half-barrel glass vault and mess of catwalks that now obscure the sky.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2018
This trap, known as the Duffus half-barrel and first patented in 1920, is based on traditional designs made of a clay or wooden barrel and a horsehair snare powered by a bent stick.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2017
Craig and Ina Hasday of Laurel, N.Y., whose children had given them a half-barrel share for their 30th wedding anniversary, climbed a ladder to the top of the de-stemmer in the production room.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2010
He took the envelope by a tiny corner and put it on the anvil, and then he scrubbed his hands in the half-barrel of black water into which he plunged hot iron.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Then he dipped the iron hissing into his half-barrel of black water.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
