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TUN
tun
(noun) a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
tun (plural tuns)
A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
(brewing) A fermenting vat.
An old English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes.
A weight of 2,240 pounds.
An indefinite large quantity.
(archaic, humorous or derogatory) A drunkard.
Any shell belonging to Tonna and allied genera.
The cryptobiotic state of a tardigrade, when its metabolism is temporarily suspended.
Synonyms
• (indefinite large quantity): buttload; See also lot
• (drunkard): alcoholic, souse, suck-pint; See also drunkard
Verb
tun (third-person singular simple present tuns, present participle tunning, simple past and past participle tunned)
(transitive) To put into tuns, or casks.
Etymology 2
Noun
tun (plural tuns)
A part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days.
Anagrams
• NTU, NUT, Nut, nut
Etymology
Proper noun
Tun (plural Tuns)
A surname.
Anagrams
• NTU, NUT, Nut, nut
Source: Wiktionary
Tun, n. Etym: [AS. tunne. See Ton a weight.]
1. A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
2. (Brewing)
Definition: A fermenting vat.
3. A certain measure for liquids, as for wine, equal to two pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. In different countries, the tun differs in quantity.
4. (Com.)
Definition: A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton. [R.]
5. An indefinite large quantity. Shak. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ. Dryden.
6. A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.
7. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell.
Tun, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tunned; p. pr. & vb. n. Tunning.]
Definition: To put into tuns, or casks. Boyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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