Tun synonyms

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cask
The quantity that such a container can hold.
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tub
A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.
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vessel
(Nautical) Any craft designed for transportation on water, such as a ship or boat.
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container (related)
A receptacle, such as a carton, can, or jar, in which material is held or carried.
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tank (related)
The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
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washbacks (related)
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meill (related)
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uinals (related)
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  • The derivation from the Saxon cesc (ash) and tun (an enclosed place) accounts for the earliest orthography Estun.

  • These officials seem to have been located in royal villages (cyninges tun, villa regalis) or fortresses (cyninges burg, orbs regis), which served as centres and meeting-places (markets, &c.) for the inhabitants of the district, and to which their dues, both in payments and services had to be rendered.

  • The whole group of buildings stood in an enclosure (tun) surrounded by a stockade (burg), which perhaps rested on an earthwork, though this is disputed.

  • Among the points of interest within it are the old chapel of 1318, with Leopold's tomb and the altar of Verdun, dating from the 12th century, the treasury and relic-chamber, the library with 30,000 volumes and many MSS., the picture gallery, the collection of coins, the theological hall, and the winecellar, containing an immense tun like that at Heidelberg.

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