tun
1 Americannoun
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a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
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a measure of liquid capacity, usually equivalent to 252 wine gallons.
verb (used with object)
abbreviation
noun
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a large beer cask
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a measure of capacity, usually equal to 252 wine gallons
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a cask used during the manufacture of beer
verb
Etymology
Origin of tun
First recorded before 900; Middle English noun tunne, Old English; cognate with Dutch ton, German Tonne (from Low German ), Old Norse tunna; verb from the noun
Example Sentences
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He added that water bears can retract their limbs and shorten their bodies to enter a state called "tun" when they are particularly stressed out.
From Salon • Sep. 1, 2024
It may tun out to be a climactic final act.
From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2023
Using his typical mix of nasty sliders and biting curveball with a located fastball to keep hitters honest, he didn’t get a tun of help from his defense, which committed two errors.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2022
Besides this product the remains of five hogsheads of fish will produce one tun of pumice or fish guano, the best fertilizer known, and worth by itself $20 per tun.”
From Scientific American • Jan. 5, 2019
“It’s me, tun, Raymie. Raymie Clarke. I visited Isabelle a couple of days ago, and I was going to do a good deed?”
From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo
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