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What is the noun for tun?

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tun
  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) A fermenting vat.
  3. An old English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes.
  4. A weight of 2,240 pounds.
  5. An indefinite large quantity.
  6. (humorous) A drunkard.
  7. (zoology) Any shell belonging to Tonna and allied genera; called also tun-shell.
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “After carefully inspecting the old cellar, they discovered a tun hidden away in the corner, its wooden bulge in the middle indicating its age and purpose as a vessel for storing wine.”
tundish
  1. A kind of funnel used in brewing fitting into the bung-hole of a tun or cask.
  2. A funnel (usually) used in smelting, foundry work etc.
  3. A funnel used to create a siphonic break in a drainage system and/or provide visual indication of flow, usually in an overflow line.
  4. Examples:
    1. “A surface layer of active tundish flux can be used over the entire tundish thereby improving inclusion pick-up.”
      “Durable tundish lids are manufactured to withstand mechanical and thermal stresses during operation.”
      “It is preferable to have both the tundish and the final discharge point visible to view on a frequent basis.”
tun
  1. A part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “After carefully inspecting the old cellar, they discovered a tun hidden away in the corner, its wooden bulge in the middle indicating its age and purpose as a vessel for storing wine.”
tundishes
  1. plural of tundish
  2. Examples:
    1. “Steel tundishes are lined with dense refractory products backed up by insulation materials.”
      “These systems are used for level measurement in continuous caster molds and tundishes and slag detection in ladles.”
      “The tundishes are used to feed liquid steel to Nucor's four-strand billet caster.”
tuns
  1. plural of tun
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The ground meal or grist is next thoroughly mixed with very warm water in large tuns or keeves for a period of about two hours.”
      “Whipping our group past mash tuns and alembic condensers, the guide points us towards the main event, the tasting room.”
      “As for size, the tonnage of ships in this period was reckoned literally in terms of capacity to carry tuns, or casks, of wine.”
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