tun

Meaning of tun

noun

a large beer or wine cask.
an imperial measure of capacity, equal to 4 hogsheads.
a large marine mollusc which has a rounded shell with broad spirals.

verb

store (wine or other alcoholic drinks) in a tun.

Old English tunne, from medieval Latin tunna, probably of Gaulish origin.

Information about tun

The plural form of tun is: tuns.
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Hyphenation of tun

tun

It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
tun is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of tun

Words that rhyme with tun

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