oil drum

noun

1. a metal drum used to contain or transport oil

Example Sentences

In May 2002, an explosion sent metal shards onto Jordan’s campus while workers were cutting an oil drum.

From Los Angeles Times

Months earlier, in May 2002, Atlas workers were cutting an oil drum, sparking an explosion that sent metal shards onto Jordan’s campus.

From Los Angeles Times

Wearing his red union baseball cap and tending the blaze inside an oil drum, Mr. Bohne, 56, looks like a scruffy Santa Claus.

From New York Times

The remains were found in a burned oil drum that had been sunken in a reservoir in the park.

From Seattle Times

In a statement, the court added that DNA tests of bone fragments discovered by investigators in a scorched oil drum dumped in the national park were not enough to prove the bones belonged to Pholachi, even though they matched a sample taken from Pholachi's mother.

From Reuters