noun Download 🔗Share A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. Examples : "The brewery workers carefully rolled the tun of ale into the aging cellar. " drink utensil item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A fermenting vat. Examples : "The family used the old wooden tun to ferment their homemade apple cider. " drink utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An old English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes. Examples : "The wine merchant ordered a tun of claret from France, hoping to satisfy the demand for the popular vintage. " amount unit drink nautical history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A weight of 2,240 pounds. Examples : "The old ship could carry over a hundred tun of cargo, mostly tea and spices from the East. " mass unit Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An indefinite large quantity. Examples : "After the harvest, they had a tun of apples to make cider. " amount Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A drunkard. Examples : "The old man, a notorious tun, was always seen slurring his words at the corner store. " person drink Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any shell belonging to Tonna and allied genera. Examples : "The child proudly displayed the large, spiraled tun she found on the beach, showing it to her mother as a unique seashell. " animal biology ocean nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The cryptobiotic state of a tardigrade, when its metabolism is temporarily suspended. Examples : "The dried-up tardigrade, seemingly lifeless, was actually in a tun, waiting for the return of water to revive it. " physiology organism biology animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To put into tuns, or casks. Examples : "The brewery workers carefully tunned the newly fermented beer into large oak casks for aging. " drink utility business food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days. Examples : "The Maya scholar explained that a tun is a period of 360 days, roughly equivalent to our year but with a slightly different calculation. " archaeology astronomy history time system number culture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading