Definition of tun
1
: a large cask especially for wine
2
: any of various units of liquid capacity
especially
: one equal to 252 gallons
Test Your Vocabulary
Great Words for Scrabble
-
- Which of the following Q-without-U words means the number five in cards or dice?

Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?
TAKE THE QUIZ
A daily challenge for crossword fanatics.
TAKE THE QUIZLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share tun
Time Traveler for tun
The first known use of tun was before the 12th century
See more words from the same century