'barrel' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'barrel' with 12 example sentences.
- barrel noun
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: a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
: a cylindrical container that holds liquids
: a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
: the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
: any of various units of capacity
- barrel verb
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: put in barrels
The price of oil has dipped below $30 a barrel.
Wine is put in barrels to mature.
How many litres of oil are there in a barrel?
In 1835, a barrel of flour cost six dollars.
This oil well produces more than 100 barrels per day.
We used a barrel for a makeshift table.
Put all the rubbish in the barrel.
Middle Eastern oil prices jumped by five dollars per barrel.
Roll the barrel over here.
One rotten apple spoils the barrel.
We've got them over a barrel.
This is like shooting fish in a barrel.