Definition of tuns Tuns
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What does tuns mean?
Wiktionary 
- tuns (Noun)
Plural of tun.
Part of speech
🔤Wiktionary
- tun (Noun)
A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. - tun (Noun)
A fermenting vat. - tun (Noun)
An old English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes. - tun (Noun)
A weight of 2,240 pounds. - tun (Noun)
An indefinite large quantity. - tun (Noun)
A drunkard. - tun (Noun)
Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; called also tun-shell. - tun (Noun)
A part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days. - tun (Verb)
To put into tuns, or casks.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tun (n.)
A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. - tun (n.)
A fermenting vat. - tun (n.)
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. - tun (n.)
A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton. - tun (n.)
An indefinite large quantity. - tun (n.)
A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt. - tun (n.)
Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell. - tun (v. i.)
To put into tuns, or casks.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tun
tun, n. a large cask: an obsolete liquid measure of capacity—in old ale and beer measure, 216 gallons; in old wine measure, 252 gallons.—v.t. to store in a tun.—ns. Tun′-bell′y, a big pot-belly; Tun′-dish (Shak.), a wooden funnel; Tun′nage, a tax on imported wines; Tun′ning, the act of brewing, the amount brewed at one time. [A.S. tunne.]
