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barrel English-French

tonneau m, fût m

barrel British & World English

a cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops round them

barrel English-Italian

barile m, botte f

barrel English-Spanish

barril, tonel

barrel in barrel British & World English

a cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops round them

barrel roll British & World English

an aerobatic manoeuvre in which an aircraft follows a single turn of a spiral while rolling once about its longitudinal axis

pork barrel British & World English

used in reference to the utilization of government funds for projects designed to please voters or legislators and win votes

barrel cactus British & World English

a spiny, ribbed cylindrical cactus

barrel organ British & World English

a small pipe organ played by turning a handle, which rotates a cylinder studded with pegs that open the valves to produce a preset tune, formerly much used by street musicians

barrel vault British & World English

a vault forming a half cylinder

barrel organ English-Italian

organetto m [a cilindro]

barrel-chested British & World English

having a large rounded chest

biscuit barrel British & World English

a small barrel-shaped container for biscuits

cracker-barrel British & World English

(of an outlook or point of view) plain, simple, and unsophisticated

tumbling barrel British & World English

a revolving device containing an abrasive substance, in which castings, gemstones, or other hard objects can be cleaned by friction

biscuit barrel English-Italian

biscottiera f

over a barrel in barrel British & World English

in a helpless position; at someone’s mercy

barrel distortion British & World English

a type of defect in optical or electronic images in which vertical or horizontal straight lines appear as convex curves

scrape the barrel or the bottom of the barrel in scrape British & World English

be reduced to using things or people of the poorest quality because there is nothing else available

a barrel of laughs in barrel British & World English

a source of amusement or pleasure

lock, stock, and barrel in lock1 British & World English

including everything; completely

Arizona barrel cactus in barrel cactus British & World English

a spiny, ribbed cylindrical cactus


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