barrel

barrel
01. The whiskey is aged in oak [barrels] for a number of years before it is bottled and made ready for sale.
02. OPEC has agreed to increase oil production by 300,000 [barrels] a day.
03. Retsina is a Greek wine which takes the taste of the wooden [barrels] in which it is made.
04. The robber apparently held the [barrel] of the gun against the store-keeper's head until he handed over the cash.
05. My grandmother used to make big [barrels] full of her own special dill pickles.
06. They collect rainwater in a large [barrel] which is placed up against the barn to catch water coming off the roof.
07. The cellar was full of [barrels] of excellent French red wine.
08. Mao Zedong once said that political power grows out of the [barrel] of a gun.
09. The first person to go over Niagara Falls was a woman who made the trip in a wooden [barrel], and survived.
10. We have a huge [barrel] of apples for making cider in the basement.
11. There is a Greek proverb which states that empty [barrels] and insignificant people always make the most noise.
12. Barbados has about 4 million [barrels] of oil reserves, and exploration is expected to boost this number significantly.
13. In Moldova, the very best wine is pressed and kept in oak [barrels] for many years.
14. It takes 7,300 liters of water to refine one [barrel] of crude oil.
15. Trinidad is the home of the steel drum, an instrument made out of an old oil [barrel] that can be played alone or in an orchestra.
16. In 1996, there were 1,047,200 million [barrels] of oil reserves in the world.
17. The modern elevator was originally invented in order to transport [barrels] of flour.
18. Oil prices are expected to average $47 US per [barrel] for the last half of the year.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Barrel — Bar rel (b[a^]r r[e^]l), n.[OE. barel, F. baril, prob. fr. barre bar. Cf. {Barricade}.] 1. A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads; as, a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • barrel — bar‧rel [ˈbærəl] noun [countable] 1. TRANSPORT a large round container with a flat top and bottom, used for storing and carrying liquids such as oil and beer: • barrels of beer 2. an amount of a liquid contained in a barrel, used as unit of… …   Financial and business terms

  • barrel — [bar′əl, ber′əl] n. [ME barel < OFr baril < ML barillus < ?] 1. a large, wooden, cylindrical container with flat, circular ends and sides that bulge outward, made usually of staves bound together with hoops 2. the capacity or contents of …   English World dictionary

  • Barrel 30 — (Веррес,Италия) Категория отеля: Адрес: Via Jean Baptiste Barrel 30, 11029 Веррес, Италия …   Каталог отелей

  • barrel — (n.) c.1300, from O.Fr. baril (12c.) barrel, cask, vat, with cognates in all Romance languages (Cf. It. barile, Sp. barril), but origin uncertain; perhaps from Gaulish, perhaps somehow related to BAR (Cf. bar) (n.1). Meaning metal tube of a gun… …   Etymology dictionary

  • barrel — ► NOUN 1) a large cylindrical container bulging out in the middle and with flat ends. 2) a measure of capacity for oil and beer (36 imperial gallons for beer and 35 for oil). 3) a cylindrical tube forming part of an object such as a gun or a pen …   English terms dictionary

  • Barrel 38 — (Турин,Италия) Категория отеля: Адрес: Via Nicola Fabrizi 38, 10143 Турин, Италия …   Каталог отелей

  • Barrel — [Aufbauwortschatz (Rating 1500 3200)] Bsp.: • 1 Barrel = ca. 30 40 Gallonen • 1 Barrel Öl = 159 l …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • Barrel — Bar rel (b[a^]r r[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barreled} ( r[e^]ld), or {Barrelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Barreling}, or {Barrelling}.] To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Barrel — Barrel, in England Flüssigkeitsmaß = 2 Kilderkins = 4 Firkins = 36 Imperialgallons = 163,5645 l; in den Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika Gewicht, bei gesalzenen Fischen und Pökelfleisch = 90,7 kg netto, bei Mehl = 88,9 kg netto, bei Harz 127… …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Barrel — (engl., spr. bärrĕl), engl. Biermaß = 36 Imperialgallons = 163,56 l; Gewichtsbegriff verschiedener Größe für Weizenmehl = engl. 196 Pfund ( = 88,9 kg), Butter = 224, Seife = 256, Pottasche = 200 engl. Pfund …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”