tun
/tʌn/
noun
- A large barrel or cask, especially for holding wine, beer, or other liquids.
- The brewer filled the tun with fresh hops and water.
- A tun of ale was rolled into the cellar for the festival.
- The winery stored the aged wine in a massive oak tun.
- A unit of liquid capacity, especially for wine, equal to 252 gallons (about 954 liters).
- The merchant ordered a tun of Bordeaux for the restaurant.
- A tun is much larger than a standard barrel.
- The ship carried over a hundred tuns of olive oil.