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tuns, plural;
  1. Store (wine or other alcoholic drinks) in a tun

Noun
  1. A large beer or wine cask

  2. A brewer's fermenting vat

  3. An imperial measure of capacity, equal to 4 hogsheads

  4. A large marine mollusk that has a rounded barrellike shell with broad spirals

  1. a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals
  2. Tunisia (pronounced , ; تونس Tūnis), officially the Tunisian Republic (al-Jumhūriyya at-Tūnisiyya), is the northernmost country in Africa. It is an Arab country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. ...
  3. A Tun is a part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days.
  4. 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. ...
  5. (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 . ...
  6. 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 ...
  7. (TUNS (Halifax)) Why is an elephant like a Halifax university? Because both weigh TUNS.
  8. A wine cask that holds approximately, two butts, or 252 U.S. gallons.
  9. Any large vessels used in brewing. In America, "tub" is often preferred.
  10. The three-character ISO 3166 country code for TUNISIA.
  11. A period of approximately one year. In actuality, 360 days.
  12. the term for a large vat in which the brew is prepared. A mash tun is for mashing in the grist, while a Lauter tun is used for separating wort.
  13. is the most senior federal title awarded to recipients of either the SMN (Seri Maharaja Mangku Negara) or SSM (Seri Setia Mahkota). However, the SMN and SSM are not the highest federal award. The SMN ranks fourth in order of Federal Awards and the SSM ranks fifth. ...
  14. A protective shell or covering certain bacteria form when they enter a dormant state.
  15. A very large cask for storing wine, some holding up to 300,000 bottles worth of wine.
  16. The vessel that you mash in. I use a Rubbermaid cooler, the kind football teams dump over the coaches head.
  17. The unit of measure of a vessel's burthen or tunnage. The name is derived From a large wine barrel; hence, the number of runs of wine that she could carry. ...
  18. respect address term for elderly man
  19. A unit of liquid measurement, used for wine and other liquids. One tun is equal to two pipes, or four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. In practice a tun may be more than 252 gallons. See also hogsheads; pipes.
  20. derogatory term for a group of exactly 100 Rangers supporters.
  21. a large cask or barrel used for ale
  22. A calendar period of just 360 days.
  23. farm, manor, dwelling, village
  24. total urinary nitrogen