Barrel and Tube

Barrel

Barrel noun - A tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired.

Tube and barrel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tube" instead a noun "Barrel".

Nearby Words: barreled, barreling, barrelled

Tube

Tube noun - A long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas).
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Synonyms for Tube

Barrel and tube are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Barrel" instead a noun "Tube".

Nearby Words: tub, tuber, tubed, tubing

Both words in one sentence

  • Cool Guns / Submachine Guns The SMG in Red Faction is an MP5K, redesigned as an over / under weapon with twin magazines; the cocking handle tube is a second barrel and the barrel has a second cocking handle.
  • Cool Guns / Shotguns The 1200 comes in hunting and defender versions, with a longer barrel and limited shell capacity in the former, and a longer magazine tube and shorter barrel for the latter.
  • On the Real Life SPAS-12 the in-game shotgun is supposed to be, the "second barrel" is in fact the tube magazine.
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