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BARRELFUL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does barrelful mean?
• BARRELFUL (noun)
The noun BARRELFUL has 1 sense:
1. the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
Familiarity information: BARRELFUL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
barrel; barrelful
Hypernyms ("barrelful" is a kind of...):
containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)
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