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unbarrel

unbarrel verb: to unpack from a barrel or barrels.

Verb

unbarrel (third-person singular simple present unbarrels, present participle (US) unbarreling or (UK) unbarrelling, simple past and past participle (US) unbarreled or (UK) unbarrelled)

  1. (transitive) To unpack from a barrel or barrels.
    • The remainder of the men were employed in unbarreling our Pork and stringing it on poles for convenience of carriage, and carrying our Batteaux from the river to the pond.1867, Simeon Thayer, Edwin Martin Stone, The Invasion of Canada in 1775, page 6

Forms of unbarrel

third-person singular presentunbarrels
present participle USunbarreling
present participle UKunbarrelling
past participle USunbarreled
past USunbarreled
past participle UKunbarrelled
past UKunbarrelled

Origin of unbarrel

From un- + barrel.

Questions about unbarrel

What does unbarrel mean?
Unbarrel means to unpack from a barrel or barrels.
What part of speech is unbarrel?
Unbarrel is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbarrel?
The past tense of unbarrel is unbarreled.

Words near unbarrel in the dictionary

  1. unbarnacled
  2. unbaronial
  3. unbaroque
  4. unbarrable
  5. unbarred
  6. unbarrel
  7. unbarreled
  8. unbarreling
  9. unbarrelled
  10. unbarrelling
  11. unbarrels

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