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barrel

 
 
/ˈbærəl/ noun [C]

Translation

LIQUIDS a large, round container for storing liquids such as oil or wine
varil, fıçı
1308
GUN the tube in a gun that the bullet shoots out of
namlu
2400
(Definition of barrel noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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