Definition of tunnext
as in barrel
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages in olden days an English ship's capacity was measured by the number of tuns of wine it could hold

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Recent Examples of tun Under stressful conditions, with cysteine unavailable to the free radicals being produced, the tardigrades couldn’t form tuns. Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024 The agaves are cut into one inch cubes and then cooked for seven hours in a heated mash tun equipped with a stream jacket. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021 In a commercial brewhouse, the grain is cracked in a mill then sent through a grist case, which dispenses it into a vessel called the mash tun. oregonlive, 20 Feb. 2020 Forks clank down, sleeves roll up, and diners file into the abutting bodega to fill their glasses with cool, foamy sagardo straight from the 5,000-gallon tun. Benjamin Kemper, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2018 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, 31 May 2017
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Noun
  • Brent crude oil, the global standard, has dropped below $78 per barrel, its lowest level since early March.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • Analysts at Citi on Monday adjusted their forecast for oil to $75 a barrel in the third quarter of this year, compared to a previous forecast of $110.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
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  • This could be rescheduling a doctor's appointment, finding a contractor after a pipe bursts, or picking up your dry cleaning before a flight in the morning.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • With enough money, miles of pipe and drape, and a can-do attitude, anything can be a romantic wedding venue, even Madison Square Garden.
    Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 18 June 2026

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“Tun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tun. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.

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