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RAIN BARREL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rain barrel mean?
• RAIN BARREL (noun)
The noun RAIN BARREL has 1 sense:
1. a barrel used as a cistern to hold rainwater
Familiarity information: RAIN BARREL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A barrel used as a cistern to hold rainwater
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rain barrel" is a kind of...):
cistern (an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater)
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