Barrel

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Barrel

Type

free base

Denotation

cylindrical container

Etymology

Middle English barel; Anglo-Norman baril; Old French baril, bareil; of unknown origin

Evidence

barrel, barrelage, barreled, barrelene, barrelette, barreleye, barrelfish, barrelful, barrelhouse, barreling, barrelled, barrelless, barrellike, barrelling, barrelmaker, barreloid, barrels, barrelwise, gigabarrel, infrabarreled, infrabarrelled, multibarrel, rebarrel, unbarrel

Notes

<l> need not double (but can), especially with inflectional suffixes