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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the form of a barrel, that is, of a short cylinder with bulging sides: used especially in describing the eggs of certain insects.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having the general shape of a barrel

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Examples

  • He scrambled up onto the stone table where the golem sat, clambered onto her leg, and climbed the metal piping that crisscrossed her barrel-shaped torso.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • And The French cooperative says its butter is still made in barrel-shaped churns and "matured" for more than a day to give the cream a slight tang.

    Plusher Pats 2011

  • There is a barrel-shaped tower dedicated to the Brownings, a pyramid to Moses, a battlement-like tower dedicated to General John C. Frémont.

    Joaquin Miller 2010

  • He scrambled up onto the stone table where the golem sat, clambered onto her leg, and climbed the metal piping that crisscrossed her barrel-shaped torso.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • He scrambled up onto the stone table where the golem sat, clambered onto her leg, and climbed the metal piping that crisscrossed her barrel-shaped torso.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • Ms. Page, a 60-year-old executive recruiter-turned neurofeedback counselor, asked for a barrel-shaped roof like the one on a house she'd seen in Maine.

    A Dream House in Carmel -- Photos 2010

  • While the 15mm adult is heavy, barrel-shaped and wingless, the young beetles are tiny.

    Country diary: Orwell, Cambridgeshire 2011

  • What Ms. Page wanted was a barrel-shaped roof like one on a house she'd seen in Maine.

    A Dream House's Difficult Birth Nancy Keates 2010

  • He scrambled up onto the stone table where the golem sat, clambered onto her leg, and climbed the metal piping that crisscrossed her barrel-shaped torso.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • While the Galleria has lost nearly all the retail shops, two fruitful things remain: the barrel-shaped glass ceiling and resourceful, dedicated employees.

    Halle Tecco: From Lemons to Lemonade: Clevelanders Find New Uses for Abandoned Spaces 2010

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