barrel
noun
container
ADJ. beer, wine
VERB + BARREL fill They filled the barrels with cider
BARREL + VERB contain sth
PREP. a/per ~ The price of oil had fallen to $16 per barrel.| by the ~ Beer is sold by the barrel.| ~ of a barrel of beer/oil
of a gun
ADJ. gun, rifle I felt the gun barrel at my head
VERB + BARREL look down, peer/squint along She found herself looking down the barrel of a gun. Pulling his rifle to his shoulder he squinted along the barrel.
BARREL + VERB point
PHRASES the barrel of a gun
