tun

noun \ ˈtən \

Definition of tun

1 :a large cask especially for wine

2 :any of various units of liquid capacity; especially :one equal to 252 gallons

Examples of tun in a Sentence

in olden days an English ship's capacity was measured by the number of tuns of wine it could hold

Recent Examples of tun from the Web

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, "Summer Fun: A day in the life of a brewer," 31 May 2017
From there, the mix is transferred to the lauder tun that acts as a giant filter.

— tara massouleh, AL.com, "Summer Fun: A day in the life of a brewer," 31 May 2017
Clearly Deckard (played by Ford) is a retired Blade Runner and Gosling, also a Blade Runner, tuns to Deckard under sweat-and-blood duress.

— darren orf, Popular Mechanics, "'Blade Runner 2049' Seems Like a Way Cooler Dystopia Than Ours," 8 May 2017
Its mash tun, a vessel used for converting grains into sugars, was a dairy chilling tank and its boil kettle had been used to make vodka.

— vickie snow jurkowski, Daily Southtown, "New breweries, expansions and festivals on tap for Southland," 4 May 2017

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Origin and Etymology of tun

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

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First Known Use: before 12th century

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