barrel

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbærəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈbærəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bar′əl)

Inflections of 'barrel' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
When both "l" and "ll" forms exist, spellings with a double "l" are correct, but rare, in US English, while those with a single "l" are not correct in UK English.
barrels
v 3rd person singular
barrelling
v pres p (Mainly UK)
barreling
v pres p (US)
barrelled
v past (Mainly UK)
barreled
v past (US)
barrelled
v past p (Mainly UK)
barreled
v past p (US)

Collocations for "barrel"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "barrel" in context.

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barrel

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. the barrel of the gun
  2. pointed the (gun) barrel at her
  3. with the gun barrel in his face
  4. as the bullet left the barrel
  5. clean the gun's barrel
  6. caught with a smoking barrel
  7. the [wine, whiskey, rum] is aged in [oak] barrels
  8. [serve, sell] beer (straight) from the barrel
  9. a [wine] barrel
  10. the barrels in the wine cellar
  11. is stored in barrels
  12. [wooden, plastic] barrels
  13. used the barrels as [stools, seats]
  14. [sat on, drank around] a barrel
  15. a barrel of (crude) oil
  16. the price of oil per barrel
  17. the price per barrel has [soared, fallen, dropped, increased]
  18. the price per barrel is [$40]
  19. [open, close, seal] the barrel
v
  1. barreling along the [road, track]
  2. barreling [up, down] the [road]
  3. barreling along at [100 mph]
  4. [went, came] barreling through
  5. barrel away from
  6. [go, went] barreling off
n as adj
  1. a [single, double] -barrel shotgun
  2. the barrel [price, size, weight]
'barrel' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ale - beer - bottom - capacity - crude - gun - level - point - rifle - tap - wine

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