tun

UK: /tʌn/ US: (tun)

Inflections of 'tun' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

tuns

v 3rd person singular

tunning

v pres p

tunned

v past

tunned

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

tun (tun),  n., v., tunned, tun•ning. 

n. 

1. a large cask for holding liquids, esp. wine, ale, or beer.
2. Weights and Measures a measure of liquid capacity, usually equivalent to 252 wine gallons.

v.t. 

3. to put into or store in a tun or tuns.

• Low German), Old Norse tunna; (verb, verbal) late Middle English, derivative of the noun, nominal
• bef. 900; (noun, nominal) Middle English tunne, Old English; cognate with Dutch ton, German Tonne (

Tun., 

1. Place Names Tunisia.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

tun / tʌn/ noun

1. a large beer cask
2. a measure of capacity, usually equal to 252 wine gallons

verb (tuns, tunning, tunned)

1. (transitive) to put into or keep in tuns

Etymology: Old English tunne; related to Old High German, Old Norse tunna, Medieval Latin tunna