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 crude oil, see drum_(container).

For the ornamental cloth-covered barrels at Shinto shrines, see sake barrel.

Examples

a wine barrel

a character in container

a small barrel around neck

Non-examples

a sake barrel

a drum (container) (oil barrel)

a crate

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