tun
Massive wine container
A tun is a large cask for wine, beer, or other liquids, historically holding about 252 gallons.
The word survives mainly in brewing contexts and in the measurement term "tonnage," which originally referred to the capacity of ships in tuns of wine.
Barrel-making trade
- stavesPoles or music lines
- bungsBarrel opening seals
- hoopsCircular bands or rims
- oakQuercus genus member
wooden · keg · vat · barrel · bung-hole · bilge · chime · heading
Crushed soft mixture
- wortPlant used as remedy
- hopsBittering agent for ale
- yeastFermenting fungus
- aleWarm-fermented malt drink
lager · stout · fermentation · brewmaster · brewery · brewpub · microbrewery · draught
Docking place for ships
- sherryFortified wine from Spain
- madeiraHeat-aged Portuguese wine
- brandySpirit from fermented fruit
- agingGrowing older over time
maturation · cellar · bodega · fortified · racking · ullage · wine · spirits
cooperage
Barrel-making trade
oak · wooden · keg · vat · barrel · bung-hole · bilge · chime · heading · riveted
mash
Crushed soft mixture
ale · lager · stout · fermentation · brewmaster · brewery · brewpub · microbrewery · draught · brewing
port
Docking place for ships
aging · maturation · cellar · bodega · fortified · racking · ullage · wine · spirits · vintage
cellar
Underground storage room
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- repositoryPlace for storing things
stockpile · stowage · bonded · racked · stored · inventory · reserves · cache · larder · depository
capacity
Maximum amount containable
pipe · butt · hogshead · imperial · tonnage · gauge · calibrate
- unitsunit, angstrom, yard, meter, base units
- brewingwort, mash, brewery, hops, malt
- Alcohol Makingbrewing, distilling, winemaking, fermenters, distillery
- drink measuresshot, pint, jigger, ounce, double
- Drinking historyale, mead, tavern, alehouse, tankard
- Latin instrumentsmaracas, bongos, congas, guitarron, guiro
- tunnel visionInability to see periphery
- light at the end of the tunnelIndication difficulties will end
- wind tunnelControlled airstream apparatus
- secret tunnelConcealed underground or walled route
- carpal tunnelWrist's nerve passageway
- underground tunnelsEnclosed routes below ground
tunnel, tunnels, tunneled, tunneling, tunnelled, retune, retuning, mistuned, retuned