barrel

A large wooden container used for maturation, fermentation, and/or storage of alcohol and spirits. It is often made of slats of wood bound by metal rings.

For metal/plastic container drums for fluids, such as those used to store petroleum, see drum (container). For the ornamental cloth-covered barrels at Shinto shrines, see sake barrel.

Examples

A wine barrel

Non-examples

Sake barrel

Drum (oil barrel)

External links

• Wikipedia: Barrel

The following tags implicate this tag: holding_barrel (learn more).