Crossword-Solution: TUN
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tun | n. | A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. |
| Tun | n. | A fermenting vat. |
| Tun | 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. |
| Tun | n. | A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton. |
| Tun | n. | An indefinite large quantity. |
| Tun | n. | A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt. |
| Tun | n. | Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell. |
| Tun | v. i. | To put into tuns, or casks. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| TUN | anagram | NUT, UNT |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with TUN (5)
Law) A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; Ð so called because paid to the king's butler for the king.
Hard by the reformer, a bandy-legged and garlanded Charles Second, made of lead, bestrides a tun-bellied charger.
The Dog and the Triple Tun were not places devoted to worship, unless it were to the worship of “rare Ben Jonson,” at whose feet Herrick now sat, with the other blossoming young poets of the season.
Bernard would blush at the pomp of the church and monastery; he would ask for the library, and I know not whether he would be much edified by a tun of 800 muids, (914 1-7 hogsheads,) which almost rivals that of Heidelberg, (Mélanges tirés d’une Grande Bibliothèque, tom.
Bernard would blush at the pomp of the church and monastery; he would ask for the library, and I know not whether he would be much edified by a tun of 800 muids, (914 1-7 hogsheads,) which almost rivals that of Heidelberg, (MÈlanges tirÈs d'une Grande BibliothËque, tom.
Quotes with TUN (3)
Die Menschen tun das Böse nie so vollständig und begeistert, wie wenn sie es aus religiöser Überzeugung tun.
Farsi Couplet: Mun tu shudam tu mun shudi, mun tun shudam tu jaan shudi Taakas na guyad baad azeen, mun deegaram tu deegari English Translation: I have become you, and you me, I am the body, you soul; So that no one can say hereafter, That you are someone, and me someone else.
... But the human tongue is a beast that few can master. It strains constantly to break out of its cage, and if it is not tamed, it will tun wild and cause you grief.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Onion, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 163 times in crossword archives (1947–2025).