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Collocations for barrel - noun

1. container

ADJECTIVE

beer, whisky/whiskey, wine, etc.
oak, wooden

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VERB + barrel

fill
They filled the barrels with cider.

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barrel + VERB

contain sth

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PREPOSITION

a barrel, per barrel
The price of oil had fallen to $16 per barrel.
by the barrel
Beer is sold by the barrel.
barrel of
a barrel of oil

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2. of a gun

ADJECTIVE

gun, rifle, shotgun
I felt the gun barrel at my head.
rifled
7.5-inch, 26-inch, etc.

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VERB + barrel

look down, peer down
She found herself looking down the barrel of a gun.

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barrel + VERB

point

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PHRASES

the barrel of a gun

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