barrel

Cooper's wooden creation

A barrel is a cylindrical container with bulging sides, traditionally made of wooden staves bound by hoops, used to store liquids like wine or oil.

The shape gives us barrel-chested and barrel roll.

A gun barrel is the tube through which projectiles travel.

To barrel is to move fast and recklessly: The truck barreled down the highway.

A barrel of laughs is great fun, often used sarcastically: That meeting was a real barrel of laughs.

container

cask

Wooden storage barrel

  • kegSmall beverage barrel
  • drumStruck percussion cylinder
  • vatLarge liquid container

hogshead · firkin · tun · stave · bung · spigot · tap · cooper · cooperage · hoop

wine

oak

Quercus genus member

  • agingGrowing older over time
  • charredBurned until black
  • tanninPlant-derived astringent compound

vanillin · bourbon · whiskey · scotch · brandy · cognac · fermentation · cellar · vintage · cask

gun

bore

Tiresome individual or drill

chamber · cartridge · bullet · ammunition · firearm · rifle · shotgun · revolver · sidearm · recoil

idiom

laughs

Vocal expressions of amusement

loaded · over · lock · stock · smoking · roll · fish

oil

petroleum

Natural underground hydrocarbon liquid

  • crudeUnpolished, raw state
  • OPECPetroleum exporters' coalition
  • refineryIndustrial purification facility

pipeline · drilling · rig · wellhead · spill · tanker · price · commodity · fossil · extraction

wave

surfing

Riding waves standing up

  • tubeHollow cylindrical passage
  • curlSpiral or loop form
  • rideJourney atop something

break · swell · pipeline · hollow · ocean · shore · reef · surfer · crest · spray

racing

rodeo

Cowboy skills competition

cloverleaf · competition · timed · equestrian · rider · western · gallop · turn · sprint · saddle

Categories
Opposites
container size/capacity

barrelthimble

Pitted cap for stitching

vial · eyedropper · flask · cup · bottle

quantity/amount

barreldrop

Fall or release

smidgen · trace · dab · pinch · speck

speed of movement

barrelcrawl

Move slowly, low

creep · plod · amble · trudge · saunter

Phrases
Family

barrels, barrelled, barreling, barrelling, barreled, barrel racing, barrelful, barrel of monkeys, barrelsful

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G