A unit of liquid capacity, the value of which depends on the liquid being measured. It is used for petroleum, a barrel of which contains 159 liters/42 gallons; a barrel of alcohol contains 189 liters/49.9 gallons.(container) Cylindrical container, tapering at each end, made of thick strips of wood bound together by metal hoops. Barrels are used for the bulk storage of fine wines and spirits.
Barrels were made by craftsmen known as coopers, whose main skill was the shaping and bending of the wooden strips (staves) so that they fitted together without gaps when secured by the hoops. Barrels were widely used for storing liquids and dry goods until the development of plastic containers.
1. A cylindrical container that holds liquids; SYN. cask.
2. Any of various units of capacity; SYN. bbl.
3. The cylinder through which bullet travels when gun is fired; SYN. gun barrel.
4. The quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold; SYN. barrelful.
5. A bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends; SYN. drum.
ETYM Old Eng. barel, French baril, prob. from barre bar. Related to Barricade. + prikaži više

ETYM Spanish casco potsherd, skull, helmet, prob. from cascar to break, from Latin Quassure to break. Related to Casque, Cass.
The quantity a cask will hold; SYN. caskful.
1. A barrel-shaped vessel of staves, headings, and hoops usually for liquids.
2. A cask and its contents; also; the quantity contained in a cask.

A measurement of weight, corresponding to 2000 pounds (short ton), 2240 pounds (long ton), or 1000 kilograms (metric ton).
unit of cooling power equal to 12,000 BTU per hour
Unit (symbol t) of mass. The short ton, used in the US and Canada, is 2,000 lb/907 kg. The long ton, used in the UK, is 2,240 lb/1,016 kg. The metric ton or tonne is 1,000 kg/2,205 lb.
In shipping, gross tonnage is calculated in units of volume (called register tons) equal to 2.8 cubic meters/100 cubic feet; it measures the total internal volume of a ship. Net register tonnage is the amount of gross tonnage (in register tons) used for carrying cargo or passengers. Displacement tonnage is the weight of the vessel, in terms of the number of long tons of sea water displaced when the ship is loaded to its load line; it is used to describe warships, and one displacement ton equals 35 cubic feet. + prikaži više

ETYM as. tunne. Related to Ton a weight.
A large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals.