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📖 Определения и значения для слова barrel

📒 a large round container, usually made of wood or metal, with flat ends and, usually, curved sides

  • a beer/wine barrel
  • They filled the barrels with cider.
  • The art of barrel-making is an ancient skill.

📒 the contents of or the amount contained in a barrel; a unit of measurement in the oil industry equal to between 120 and 159 litres

  • They got through two barrels of beer.
  • Oil prices fell to $9 a barrel.
  • Crude oil prices hit record highs of more than $70 a barrel.

📒 the part of a gun like a tube through which the bullets are fired

  • Tom found himself looking down the barrel of a gun.
  • The barrel was aimed directly at me.
  • He fired one barrel and then fired again.

📒 a lot of fun

  • Life hasn't exactly been a barrel of laughs lately.

📒 used to emphasize how easy it is to do something

  • What do you mean you can't do it? It'll be like shooting fish in a barrel!

📒 including everything

  • He sold the business lock, stock and barrel.

📒 (to put/have somebody) in a situation in which they must accept or do what you want

  • They've got us over a barrel. Either we agree to their terms or we lose the money.

📒 to have to use things or people that are not the best or most suitable because the ones that were the best or most suitable are no longer available

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