barrel
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
Types & categories
- tube hypernym
Parts & wholes
- gun part holonym
Sense 2 verb
put in barrels
Types & categories
- put hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a cylindrical container that holds liquids
Types & categories
- vessel hypernym
- beer barrel hyponym
- butt hyponym
- hogshead hyponym
- keg hyponym
- pickle barrel hyponym
- shook hyponym
- tun hyponym
- wine cask hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- barrel derivation
Sense 4 noun
a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
Types & categories
- cylinder hypernym
Sense 5 noun
the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
Types & categories
- containerful hypernym
Related & opposite
- barrel derivation
Sense 6 noun
any of various units of capacity
a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons
Types & categories
- United States liquid unit hypernym
- British capacity unit hypernym
Parts & wholes
- hogshead part holonym
- gal part meronym
- Imperial gallon part meronym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | gun |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | tube |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | barrel |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | barrelful |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | put |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | barrel |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | breech |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | bung |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | hoop |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | stave |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | spigot |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | vessel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | beer barrel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | butt |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hogshead |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | keg |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pickle barrel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shook |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tun |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wine cask |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | cylinder |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | barrel |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | containerful |
| 6 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | hogshead |
| 6 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | gal |
| 6 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Imperial gallon |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | United States liquid unit |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | British capacity unit |