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
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  1. barrel
  2. pipe
Noun
  • The core of the plan is a coordinated release of 100 million barrels through the IEA over four months, with a large share of diesel front-loaded into the first 20 days.
    — Heather Occhino, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026
  • After all, what could go wrong sitting atop three million barrels of oil while a hostile country fires missiles and drones at it?
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of barrel
Noun
  • According to the arrest affidavit police obtained a search warrant and found a glass jar, aluminum powder, black iron oxide and a pipe that was empty at the time.
    — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Today, tank farms line both sides of the coastal highway near the port, and a network of pipes moves products among terminals and to ships.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of pipe

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“Tun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tun. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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