Tun

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  • noun. A large cask for liquids, especially wine.
  • noun. A measure of liquid capacity, especially one equivalent to approximately 252 gallons (954 liters).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer. See ton.
  • noun. Any vessel; a jar.
  • noun. In a brewery, the fermenting-vat or -tank.
  • noun. A measure of capacity, equal by old statutes to 252 wine-gallons.
  • noun. In conchology, a shell of the genus Dolium or family Doliidæ; a tun-shell.
  • noun. The upper part of a chimney; also, the chimney itself.
  • noun. An amended spelling of ton.
  • noun. An obsolete form of town.
  • To store in a tun or tuns, as wine or malt liquor; hence, to store in vessels of any sort for keeping.
  • To fill as if a tun.
  • To mingle with liquor when it is stored, as for the purpose of flavoring it, or making it keep better.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
  • noun. A fermenting vat.
  • noun. A certain measure for liquids, as for wine, equal to two pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. In different countries, the tun differs in quantity.
  • noun. A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton.
  • noun. An indefinite large quantity.
  • noun. A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.
  • noun. Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell.
  • transitive verb. To put into tuns, or casks.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
  • noun. A fermenting vat.
  • noun. An old English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes.
  • noun. A weight of 2,240 pounds.
  • noun. An indefinite large quantity.
  • noun. A drunkard.
  • noun. Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; called also tun-shell.
  • verb. To put into tuns, or casks.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals
  • Word Usage
    "Back on the local (non-EC2) workstation, set up the software: sudo apt-get install - y openvpn sudo modprobe tun sudo iptables - I OUTPUT - o tun+ - j ACCEPT sudo iptables - I INPUT - i tun+ - j ACCEPT"
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    Form
    tunned  tunning  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    barrel  cask  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bgp  bonim  bringa  company  deglek  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    drunkard  form  polite  
    variant
    ton  tun-shell  tunned  tunning  
    verb-form
    tunned  tunning  tuns