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'barrel' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'barrel' with 12 example sentences.


barrel noun

: 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

: 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.
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