variants or runlet
as in barrel
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages the wine was transferred to rundlets for further aging in the cellar

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Noun
  • This series features bourbon made from barrels specifically selected by the distiller, and the result is a bourbon that is certainly a cut above.
    Erik Ofgang, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • If an alternate customer isn’t found, pulling Russian barrels off the market would be bullish for prices which are hovering near $70 a barrel.
    Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Dams, straightening, dredging, channelizing, and an unseen network of pipes and drains and overflow tunnels have nearly eliminated the river’s likelihood of overflowing its banks and destroying businesses downtown.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Plus, all that hair can run down your drain, clogging pipes.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The similarities suggest the mechanism may be a common trigger for tuns and other forms of hardy dormancy, a phenomenon that scientists call cryptobiosis.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Under these forms of stress, tardigrades curl up into a temporary, protective state of dormancy called a tun.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
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“Rundlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rundlet. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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