barrel

['bærəl]

nome

1) (for beer, olives, herrings) barile m.; (for wine) botte f.; (for tar) fusto m.; (for petroleum) barile m.

2) (of firearm, cannon) canna f.; (of pen) serbatoio m.

3) (of watch, clock) bariletto m.

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it was a barrel of laughs o fun colloq. iron. sai che risate; to have sb. over a barrel colloq. mettere qcn. con le spalle al muro, avere qcn. in proprio potere; to buy sth. lock, stock and barrel comprare tutta la baracca; to scrape the bottom of the barrel — raschiare il fondo del barile

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['bærəl]

noun

1) (a container of curved pieces of wood or of metal: The barrels contain beer.) barile

2) (a long, hollow, cylindrical shape, especially the tube-shaped part of a gun: The bullet jammed in the barrel of the gun.) canna

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['bærəl]

nome

1) (for beer, olives, herrings) barile m.; (for wine) botte f.; (for tar) fusto m.; (for petroleum) barile m.

2) (of firearm, cannon) canna f.; (of pen) serbatoio m.

3) (of watch, clock) bariletto m.

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it was a barrel of laughs o fun colloq. iron. sai che risate; to have sb. over a barrel colloq. mettere qcn. con le spalle al muro, avere qcn. in proprio potere; to buy sth. lock, stock and barrel comprare tutta la baracca; to scrape the bottom of the barrel — raschiare il fondo del barile