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tun meaning in Tamil

சுழற்று

/tʌn/

tun in Tamil: சுழற்று, சாராயம் புளிக்கவைக்கும் தொட்டி, தடவை. In English, tun means 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.).

Tamil words for tun

சுழற்று, சாராயம் புளிக்கவைக்கும் தொட்டி, தடவை

English meaning of tun

  1. 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.).
  2. noun A fermenting vat.
  3. noun A traditional unit of liquid measure (from the volume of such a cask) equal to 252 wine gallons or 2 pipes.
  4. noun Synonym of long ton: a unit of mass equal to 2240 pounds, 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.

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Questions about tun in Tamil

What is the meaning of tun in Tamil?
Tun in Tamil is சுழற்று, சாராயம் புளிக்கவைக்கும் தொட்டி, தடவை.
tun என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Tun: சுழற்று, சாராயம் புளிக்கவைக்கும் தொட்டி, தடவை.
What does tun mean in English?
Tun means 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.).

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: tun (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: tun (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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