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How to pronounce tun in English?

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Type of barrel, cask

Examples of tun

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Wood used is either tun or teak, bridges are usually cut from one piece of bone.
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If it's not clear, return to mash tun and repeat till clear liquid is produced.
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The milled grain is mixed with hot water in a large vessel known as a mash tun.
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New Zealand wins three games and Pakistan win only two and go through on tun rate.
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Napoleon, Hitler and Mao Tse-tun all rode the power on the back of huperinflation.
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Tun TavernPhiladelphia was the place where the U.S. Marines were first formed.
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It is derived from the tun, the term applied to a barrel of the largest size.
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I don't object to the visual impact and one can always tun down the sound.
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We mixed the milled grains and hot water into a vessel called a mash tun.
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More examples
  • A large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals
  • TUN or tun may refer to:
  • A Tun is a part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days.
  • The tun is an old English unit of wine cask volume, holding about 954 litres, almost a cubic metre. Etymologically it is identical to the ton, a unit of mass or weight. ...
  • (TUNS) The Technical University of Nova Scotia (TUNS) was a university in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada until it became part of Dalhousie University in 1997."Historical Notes". DalTech. Retrieved 19 February 2010 . ...
  • A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask; A fermenting vat; An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes; A weight of 2,240 pounds; An indefinite large quantity; A drunkard; so ...
  • (TUNS (Halifax)) Why is an elephant like a Halifax university? Because both weigh TUNS.
  • A wine cask that holds approximately, two butts, or 252 U.S. gallons.
  • Any large vessels used in brewing. In America, "tub" is often preferred.