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tun

The correct spelling is tun.

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noun

IPA: /tʊn/

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The correct spelling is tun. A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
  2. 2.A fermenting vat.
  3. 3.An old English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes.
  4. 4.A weight of 2,240 pounds.
  5. 5.An indefinite large quantity.

verb

  1. 1.To put into tuns, or casks.

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