tun

noun

ˈtən How to pronounce tun (audio)
Definition of tunnext
as in barrel
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages in olden days an English ship's capacity was measured by the number of tuns of wine it could hold

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Recent Examples of tun The production floor also holds a 500-gallon mash tun and fermenters of the same size. — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 The similarities suggest the mechanism may be a common trigger for tuns and other forms of hardy dormancy, a phenomenon that scientists call cryptobiosis. — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024 The agaves are cut into one inch cubes and then cooked for seven hours in a heated mash tun equipped with a stream jacket. — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021 In a commercial brewhouse, the grain is cracked in a mill then sent through a grist case, which dispenses it into a vessel called the mash tun. — oregonlive, 20 Feb. 2020 Forks clank down, sleeves roll up, and diners file into the abutting bodega to fill their glasses with cool, foamy sagardo straight from the 5,000-gallon tun. — Benjamin Kemper, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tun
  1. barrel
  2. pipe
Noun
  • This compares with 100 barrels for CME's Micro WTI contract and 1,000 barrels for its standard contract.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The barrels were never meant to permanently seal the radioactive waste.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of barrel
Noun
  • Aguas de La Habana, the state utilities company in the capital, issues daily updates to clients on service interruptions caused by electricity cuts or burst pipes.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The project is expected to start sending water into city pipes as soon as early 2029.
    — Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of pipe

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