Women spend almost 400 hours a year shopping, according to a new study. Shopaholics agree: It takes time to hone a craft. From scouring the mall for the perfect pair of jeans to loading up the cart with groceries, women spend an average of 399 hours and 46 minutes shopping a year, a new study finds.
Definition of barrel for Students. 1  1 : a round container often with curved sides that is longer than it is wide and has flat ends. 2  2 : the amount contained in a full barrel a barrel of water. 3  3 : something shaped like a cylinder the barrel of a gun.
Barrel is a volume unit. Dry, fluid and oil barrels are used widely and they are different in sizes. The abbreviation is bbl. Liter is volume unit which equals to 1 cubic decimeter. It is widely used in daily life to measure the fluids. 1 liter of water has a mass about 1 kilogram. The abbreviation is l.