Cask
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks.
Barrel
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons; of crude oil 42 gallons.A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case;A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.A jar. 1 Kings xvii. 12.A tube.The hollow basal part of a feather.The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.A waste receptacle.The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.
Example sentence: Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession.