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- Dictionarybarrel/ˈbarəl/
noun
- 1. a cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops round them: "the wine is then matured in old barrels"
- 2. a tube forming part of an object such as a gun or a pen: "a gun barrel"
verb
- 1. drive or move in a way that is so fast as to almost be out of control: informal North American "we barrelled across the Everglades"
- 2. put into a barrel or barrels: "when the young spirit is barrelled, it absorbs some of this flavour"
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Jun 20, 2024 · A barrel is a large round container for liquids or food. Barrels are usually wider in the middle than at the top or bottom.
4 days ago · The price of oil, or the oil price, generally refers to the spot price of a barrel (159 litres) of benchmark crude oil —a reference price for buyers and sellers of crude oil such as West Texas Intermediate (WTI), Brent Crude, Dubai Crude, OPEC Reference Basket, Tapis crude, Bonny Light, Urals oil, Isthmus, and Western Canadian Select (WCS).
Jul 9, 2024 · Barrel, unit of both liquid and dry measure in the British Imperial and United States Customary systems, ranging from 31.5 to 42 gallons for liquids and fixed at 7,056 cubic inches (105 dry quarts, or 115.63 litres) for most fruits, vegetables, and other dry commodities.
1 day ago · The real-time price of Brent crude oil is at $84.54 per barrel, and the price of WTI crude oil is at $82.47 per barrel. Oil prices are customarily quoted in dollars (USD) around the world, not only in the US or when referring to US crude oil. See the historical price charts and analysis below.
3 days ago · Types. A firearm is a barreled ranged weapon that inflicts damage on targets by launching one or more projectiles driven by rapidly expanding high-pressure gas produced by exothermic combustion ( deflagration) of a chemical propellant, historically black powder, now smokeless powder. [1] [2] [3]
3 days ago · Wrought iron. Stainless steel, also known as inox, corrosion-resistant steel ( CRES) and rustless steel, is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion. It contains iron with chromium and other elements such as molybdenum, carbon, nickel and nitrogen depending on its specific use and cost.
Jun 27, 2024 · A barrel of oil is basically the same product, regardless of the producer. The same goes for a bushel of wheat or a ton of ore. By contrast, the quality and features of a given consumer...
