The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STAVE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Barrel strip crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STAVE | 100 % | 5 |
Why may STAVE be the right solution?
"STAVE" is the right answer because a stave is a strip of wood used in making a barrel. Each stave is joined with others to form the barrel's structure.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Barrel strip
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stave
- hoop
- reel
- rib
- reeling
- band
- banded
- roller
- rifle
- round
- stripped
- twist
Crossword Answer definitions
STAVE noun- One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.
- One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
- A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
- The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
- A staff or walking stick.
- A sign, symbol or sigil, including rune or rune-like characters, used in Icelandic magic.
- To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
- (usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.
- (with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
- (usually with 'off') To delay by force or craft; to drive away.
- (rare or archaic) To burst in pieces by striking against something.
- To walk or move rapidly.
- To suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask.
- To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron.
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