barrels

We have found lemma(root) word of barrels : barrel.

Definitions


[ˈbarəl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops round them
(e.g: the wine is then matured in old barrels)

- a tube forming part of an object such as a gun or a pen
(e.g: a gun barrel)

- the belly and loins of a four-legged animal such as a horse
(e.g: a Welsh mountain pony with a barrel like a butt of wine)


Phrases:
- a barrel of laughs
- on the barrel
- over a barrel
- with both barrels

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French baril, from medieval Latin barriclus ‘small cask’


[ˈbarəl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- drive or move in a way that is so fast as to almost be out of control
(e.g: we barrelled across the Everglades)

- put into a barrel or barrels
(e.g: when the young spirit is barrelled, it absorbs some of this flavour)


Phrases:
- a barrel of laughs
- on the barrel
- over a barrel
- with both barrels

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French baril, from medieval Latin barriclus ‘small cask’




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