tun in Spanish
tun in Spanish is tonel — tun means a large cask or barrel, especially one used for wine or beer.
tun in Spanish
tonel
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.)
What does "tun" mean?
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noun A large cask or barrel, especially one used for wine or beer.
"The cellar held a dozen oak tuns of aging wine."
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noun An old unit of liquid volume based on the size of such a cask.
"A tun was traditionally reckoned as 252 wine gallons."
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tun in a sentence
- The cellar held a dozen oak tuns of aging wine.
- A tun was traditionally reckoned as 252 wine gallons.
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What is "tun" in Spanish?
"tun" in Spanish is tonel. tun means: A large cask or barrel, especially one used for wine or beer.
How do you use "tun" in a sentence?
Example: "The cellar held a dozen oak tuns of aging wine." In Spanish, "tun" is tonel.
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