Definition of tun
1 : a large cask especially for wine
2 : any of various units of liquid capacity; especially : one equal to 252 gallons
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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
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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.
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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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