Want to use Barrel correctly in a sentence? These 20 example sentences show the word in context, together with its meaning and synonyms like cylinder or drum.
Barrel in a sentence
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Barrel meaning
- A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
- Such a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
Synonyms of Barrel
Barrel in Dutch
Example sentences (20)
A search was conducted and one single-barrel shotgun with no serial number and three 12-gauge cartridges were found.
A barrel of U.S. crude sank 92 cents Friday to settle at $90.79, but it’s still up sharply from $70 in June.
Another factor driving dollar strength is the high oil prices, which are trading near 10-month highs above $90 per barrel.
As crude oil prices surge, experts are starting to bet on a barrel of oil hitting the coveted $100 mark.
A group of people are trying a cold barrel tub for the first time at KW Sauna in Kitchener, Ontario.
A wooden barrel of beer at Voodoo Brewing in the Arts District in Las Vegas, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023.
Based on data from MarketBeat, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a consensus rating of Hold and an average target price of $108.
Additionally, take a ride on the horse-drawn wagon or enjoy a trip on the Hitchcock barrel train.
A shorter, sportier barrel, like the Tactical Solutions 10/22 SB-X Barrel, is perfect for use as a squirrel rifle.
It is an 8-stranded " Greek key " beta-barrel, with the active site held between the barrel and two surface loops.
After a brief respite, another storm was expected to barrel into the state in a few days, adding to the misery of the state's residents.
All of this was washed down with Efes, a lovely Turkish beer served in a barrel-shaped bottle.
After peaking in summer last year, oil prices fell back to a little above $70 a barrel in March this year amid concerns over weak demand.
Middle Eastern production averages about $22 a barrel, while U.S. Permian Basin production averages about $46 a barrel.
We dropped from $72 a barrel all the way down to $64 a barrel in two weeks, most of the move coming in five short days.
After trading above $53 per barrel last week, WTI settled at $51.59 per barrel Friday on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
A current tap list at the bar includes Lakefront’s IPA, Riverwest Stein and Barrel Aged Imperial Raspberry Vanilla ale and Fixed Gear red ale.
Another of its offerings the 6-year-old Tumblin’ Dice won in the Single Barrel category.
Crude oil ran into a wall of selling at above the $70 per barrel level on WTI and the $80 per barrel level on Brent futures.
As such, barrel parts are among the artifacts that appear in Kodiak’s historic sites.
Common combinations with barrel
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- per barrel 64×
- the barrel 34×
- barrel of 19×
- to barrel 17×
- barrel in 14×
- barrel to 13×
- cracker barrel 12×
- barrel and 11×
- barrel is 9×
- us barrel 8×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word barrel. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.