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Tun
/tʊn/
A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
📖 Definitions of "Tun"
noun
- 1
A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
- 2
A fermenting vat.
- 3
An old English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes.
- 4
A weight of 2,240 pounds.
verb
- 1
To put into tuns, or casks.
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