as in barrels
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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The barrels have been released in sequential order over the last decade.—
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Orange barrels and flags across the Treasure Valley have had a lot of motorists seeing red the past couple of years.—
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3 Sep. 2025
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“Tuns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tuns. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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