Library / English Dictionary

BBL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various units of capacity

Example:

a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons

Synonyms:

barrel; bbl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("bbl" is a kind of...):

United States liquid unit (a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System)

British capacity unit; Imperial capacity unit (a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet)

Meronyms (parts of "bbl"):

gal; gallon (United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters)

congius; gallon; Imperial gallon (a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters)

Holonyms ("bbl" is a part of...):

hogshead (a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages)

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