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The correct spelling is tun.
How to pronounce tun
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.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.
- 5.An indefinite large quantity.
verb
- 1.To put into tuns, or casks.
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