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Synonyms for tun

Grammar : Noun
Spell : tuhn
Phonetic Transcription : tÊŒn

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Définition of tun

Origin :
  • "large cask," Old English tunne, a general North Sea Germanic word (cf. Old Frisian tunne, Middle Dutch tonne, Old High German tunna, German tonne), also found in Medieval Latin tunna (9c.) and Old French tonne, perhaps from a Celtic source (cf. Middle Irish, Gaelic tunna, Old Irish toun "hide, skin"). Tun-dish (late 14c.) was a funnel made to fit into the bung of a tun.
  • -- That? said Stephen. -- Is that called a funnel? Is it not a tundish? ---- What is a tundish? ----That. The ... the funnel. ----Is that called a tundish in Ireland? -- asked the dean. -- I never heard the word in my life. ---- It is called a tundish in Lower Drumcondra -- said Stephen, laughing -- where they speak the best English.---- A tundish -- said the dean reflectively. -- That is a most interesting word I must look that word up. Upon my word I must. --His courtesy of manner rang a little false, and Stephen looked at the English convert with the same eyes as the elder brother in the parable may have turned on the prodigal. [Joyce, "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"]
  • As in jar : noun container
  • As in keg : noun barrel
  • As in barrel : noun cylindrical container
  • As in cask : noun rounded container for liquids
  • As in vat : noun container
Example sentences :
  • To every gallon put four pounds of good Lisbon sugar, tun it immediately, lay the bung lightly on, and leave it to ferment itself.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • At Ferriby the pump conveyed from the wharf to the tun, here it was from the tun to the wharf.
  • Extract from : « The Pit Prop Syndicate » by Freeman Wills Crofts
  • And that trick he did thrice, standing on the tun as it came and went.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Romance » by Various
  • Do you pronounce 'ten' as if it were written 'tun', or 'men' as if written 'mun'?
  • Extract from : « The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 (2 vols) » by Thomas De Quincey
  • He had a paunch like a tun, triumphal, like an Abbate Asinico.
  • Extract from : « The Makers of Modern Rome » by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
  • This accounts for the second tun—but we have still other four to account for.
  • Extract from : « Economic Sophisms » by Frederic Bastiat
  • So much for the disposal of one tun; but what about the five others?
  • Extract from : « Economic Sophisms » by Frederic Bastiat
  • The celebrated great Tun of Heidelberg is in one of the cellars of the castle.
  • Extract from : « Old Continental Towns » by Walter M. Gallichan
  • A second tun was constructed in 1664, and this held six hundred hogsheads.
  • Extract from : « Old Continental Towns » by Walter M. Gallichan
  • The question is, where was the "tun" or village on the Brun?
  • Extract from : « The Danes in Lancashire and Yorkshire » by S. W. Partington
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