noun
any of various units of capacity
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a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons
• Syn: ↑barrel
• Hypernyms: ↑United States liquid unit, ↑British capacity unit, ↑Imperial capacity unit
• Part Holonyms: ↑hogshead
• Part Meronyms: ↑gallon, ↑gal, ↑Imperial gallon, ↑congius
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abbreviation barrel
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abbrev
Barrels
Useful english dictionary. 2012.