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单词 tun
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tun

noun

ˈtən How to pronounce tun (audio)
1
: a large cask especially for wine
2
: any of various units of liquid capacity
especially : one equal to 252 gallons

Synonyms

  • barrel
  • butt
  • cask
  • firkin
  • hogshead
  • keg
  • kilderkin
  • pipe
  • puncheon
  • rundlet
  • runlet
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Example Sentences

in olden days an English ship's capacity was measured by the number of tuns of wine it could hold
Recent Examples on the Web The first baseman went two-for-three with one tun scored. oregonlive, 3 June 2022 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 All the remaining grain falls to the bottom of the stainless steel tun, creating a grain bed through which the liquid passes on its way back to the mash kettle. Tara Massouleh, AL.com, 31 May 2017

Word History

Etymology

Middle English tonne, tunne, from Old English & Anglo-French; Old English, from Medieval Latin tunna; Anglo-French tone, tonne, from Medieval Latin

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

tun

noun

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • barrel
  • keg
  • cask
  • pipe
  • puncheon
  • hogshead
  • firkin
  • butt
  • vat
  • rundlet
  • kilderkin
  • tub
  • drum
  • runlet
  • cistern
  • scuttlebutt
  • can
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