Tun

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A large cask for liquids, especially wine.
  • n. A measure of liquid capacity, especially one equivalent to approximately 252 gallons (954 liters).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
  • n. A fermenting vat.
  • n. An old English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes.
  • n. A weight of 2,240 pounds.
  • n. An indefinite large quantity.
  • n. A drunkard.
  • n. Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; called also tun-shell.
  • v. To put into tuns, or casks.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
  • n. A fermenting vat.
  • n. A certain measure for liquids, as for wine, equal to two pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. In different countries, the tun differs in quantity.
  • n. A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton.
  • n. An indefinite large quantity.
  • n. A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.
  • n. Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell.
  • v. To put into tuns, or casks.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An amended spelling of ton.
  • n. A large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer. See ton.
  • n. Any vessel; a jar.
  • n. In a brewery, the fermenting-vat or -tank.
  • n. A measure of capacity, equal by old statutes to 252 wine-gallons.
  • n. In conchology, a shell of the genus Dolium or family Doliidæ; a tun-shell.
  • n. The upper part of a chimney; also, the chimney itself.
  • To store in a tun or tuns, as wine or malt liquor; hence, to store in vessels of any sort for keeping.
  • To fill as if a tun.
  • To mingle with liquor when it is stored, as for the purpose of flavoring it, or making it keep better.
  • n. An obsolete form of town.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals
  • Verb Form
    tunned    tunning    tuns   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    barrel    cask   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    tunning    tunned    ton    tun-shell   
    Form
    tunned    tunning   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    drunkard    polite    form   
    Same Context
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