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adj. - Put in or stored in a round bulging vessel of greater length than breadth that is usually made of staves bound with hoops and has flat ends of equal diameter adj. - (of an arrow) tapered toward both ends.

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Usage examples (28)
  • Noun : a barrel of fun
  • Verb (used with object) : He barreled his car through the dense traffic
  • Verb (used without object) : to barrel along the highway
  • "The bullets we obtained from the bodies are generally used in short-barrelled guns," Ince said.
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