The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DRUM which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Big barrel crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DRUM | 40 % | 4 |
| HOGSHEAD | 20 % | 8 |
| CASK | 20 % | 4 |
| VAT | 20 % | 3 |
Why may DRUM be the right solution?
The answer "DRUM" is the right solution because a drum is a type of big barrel often used for storing liquids or other substances.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Big barrel
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cask
- drum
- hogshead
- tun
- vat
- gun
- guns
- head
- heads
- howitzer
- keg
- mortar
Crossword Answer definitions
DRUM noun- A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber, affecting what materials are used to make it; a membranophone.
- Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
- A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
- The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
- Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
- A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
- A tip; a piece of information.
- A small hill or ridge of hills.
- A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
- A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result DRUM
- Snare, for one
- Beat it!
- Instrument Meg White hits
- It can take a beating
- Kit piece
- One frequently hit on the head
- Many a membranophone
- Holder of raffle entry slips, maybe
- "Beat the skins"
- Beaten instrument
More clues leading to the result HOGSHEAD
- 63-gallon cask
- Amount of beer at a veterinary school keg party?
- Big barrel
- Large barrel.
- Porcine projection.
- Large cask
- British capacity unit
- Unit of measure equal to 63 gallons
- Large wine cask
More clues leading to the result CASK
- Wine barrel
- Port container
- Ale container
- It can hold its liquor
- Amontillado container
- Amontillado holder
- Barrel
- Unit of merlot
- Brandy holder
- Poe's "The ___ of Amontillado"