water barrels

Cylindrical liquid containers

Water barrels are large cylindrical containers for storing water.

They range from traditional wooden barrels to modern plastic drums used for rainwater collection, emergency preparedness, or irrigation: We set up water barrels under the downspouts.

The phrase sometimes appears in video games and action movies as destructible environmental objects.

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container type/scale

water barrelswater towers

Raised storage for municipal supply

reservoirs · water tanks · cisterns · swimming pools · lakes

water state/availability

water barrelsdrought

Prolonged water scarcity

desert · dry wells · parched earth · dehydration · aridity

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G