sud — meaning in English

English meaning

• barrel noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
• tun noun A large cask or barrel, especially one used for wine or beer.
• vat noun A large container, typically used for holding or processing liquids such as wine, beer, or dye.

Senses

sud is used for these senses in English:

• barrel (countable) A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
• keg party A party at which beer is served from a keg.
• tun 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.)
• vat A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.

barrel — full definition

1. noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
2. noun A unit of volume, especially for measuring oil.
3. noun The long metal tube of a gun through which a bullet travels.
4. verb To move very fast, often in an uncontrolled way.

tun — full definition

1. noun A large cask or barrel, especially one used for wine or beer.
2. noun An old unit of liquid volume based on the size of such a cask.

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