Drum

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A drum (also called a barrel) is a cylindrical shipping container used for shipping bulk cargo. Drums can be made of steel, dense paperboard (commonly called a fibre drum), or plastic, and are generally used for the transportation and storage of liquids and powders.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Drum (container)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

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