B2nounbusinessfood
US/ˈbær.əl/
UK/ˈbær.əl/
a large round container with flat ends for liquids; also a unit for measuring oil
In context
Fish sauce is left to ferment in large wooden barrels for a year.
The price of oil rose to ninety dollars a barrel.
They collect rainwater in a plastic barrel behind the house.
Words that go with barrel
noun + preposition
- barrel of oilThe country produces a million barrels of oil a day.
noun + noun
- per barrelOil was trading at 80 dollars per barrel.
- over a barrelThe landlord has us over a barrel because we have nowhere else to go.
adjective + noun
- wooden barrelThe wine is aged in a wooden barrel.
- plastic barrelFill the plastic barrel with clean water.