Tun Synonyms & Definitions

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• TunDefinition & Meaning in English

(n.) Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell.
(n.) A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
(n.) A fermenting vat.
(v. i.) To put into tuns, or casks.
(n.) A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.
(n.) An indefinite large quantity.
(n.) A certain measure for liquids, as for wine, equal to two pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. In different countries, the tun differs in quantity.
(n.) A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton.

• TundraDefinition & Meaning in English

(n.) One of the level or undulating treeless plains characteristic of northern arctic regions in both hemispheres. The tundras mark the limit of arborescent vegetation; they consist of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, but support a dense growth of mosses and lichens, and dwarf herbs and shrubs, often showy-flowered.
(n.) A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia.