Definitions from Wiktionary (Tun)

▸ noun:  A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
▸ noun:  (brewing) A fermenting vat.
▸ noun:  (historical) A traditional unit of liquid measure (from the volume of such a cask) equal to 252 wine gallons or 2 pipes.
▸ noun:  Synonym of long ton: a unit of mass equal to 2240 pounds, 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.
▸ noun:  (figurative) Synonym of ton: any extremely or excessively large amount.
▸ noun:  (archaic, humorous or derogatory) Synonym of drunkard: a person who drinks excessively.
▸ noun:  Any shell belonging to Tonna and allied genera.
▸ noun:  The cryptobiotic state of a tardigrade, when its metabolism is temporarily suspended.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To put into tuns, or casks.
▸ noun:  A part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days.
▸ noun:  A surname from Burmese.
▸ Also see tun





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