Synonyms for barrel
Definitions
- n. 1
A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
Related words
- Word family
- barreleye barrelful
- Phrases
- construction barrel barrel organ double barrel vault barrel of monkeys over a barrel barrel helm barrel hitch barrel key
- Is a kind of
- cask
Forms
- Plural
- barrels → casks, bbls, kegs, drums…
Example sentences
- drum He's playing a cha cha cha rhythm on the drum kit.
- keg Is Algeria really a huge powder keg ready to blow?
By length
- 3 letters
- keg1, bbl
- 4 letters
- butt1, drum1, cask1
- 5 letters
- stave1
- 7 letters
- venturi3
- 8 letters
- hogshead
- 9 letters
- barrelful
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (venturi3 = 3 syllables).