Middle English barayl, barel, borrowed from Anglo-French barel, baril (continental Old French barril), going back to Gallo-Romance *barrīculus, probably diminutive of *barrīca "cask, barrel" — more at …

Wine barrels in Napa Valley, California, US This Mercier oak barrel with a capacity of 200,000 Champagne bottles was created for the 1889 world exposition in Paris. Opened Japanese Sake …

[Middle English barel, from Old French baril.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by …

Oct 31, 2025 · barel m inan barrel (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) drum (barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage)

BARREL definition: 1. a large container, made of wood, metal, or plastic, with a flat top and bottom and curved sides…. Learn more.

16 senses: 1. a cylindrical container usually bulging outwards in the middle and held together by metal hoops; cask 2. Also.... Click for more definitions.

BARREL meaning: 1 : a round usually wooden container with curved sides and flat ends; 2 : the amount of something in a barrel

Definition of barrel noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

BARREL definition: a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends. See examples of barrel used in a sentence.

Dec 22, 2025 · From Middle English barel, from Anglo-Norman baril, Old French baril, bareil (“barrel”), of uncertain origin. An attempt to link baril to Old French barre (“bar, bolt”) (compare Medieval Latin …