rundlet

noun

ˈrən(d)-lət How to pronounce rundlet (audio)
variants or runlet
Definition of rundletnext
as in barrel
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages the wine was transferred to rundlets for further aging in the cellar

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  1. barrel
  2. pipe
  3. tun
Noun
  • The whisky uses three different barrel types in maturation.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Every new bourbon seems to have an intricate backstory that involves important figures in whiskey history, recipes passed down between generations, and claims of being the first to put something in a particular type of barrel.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of barrel
Noun
  • In back, a pipe is leaking, damaged when the wall supporting a heater was torn out.
    Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Now, a team of engineers from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT) in Australia have invented a protective coating for concrete pipes that could help reduce the number of fatbergs that form in sewers.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of pipe
Noun
  • The similarities suggest the mechanism may be a common trigger for tuns and other forms of hardy dormancy, a phenomenon that scientists call cryptobiosis.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Under these forms of stress, tardigrades curl up into a temporary, protective state of dormancy called a tun.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
Definition of tun
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