variants or runlet
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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Noun
  • Still, those current production levels have been achieved during a period when domestic U.S. oil prices have hovered in the range of $70 per barrel or higher.
    David Blackmon, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Style them with a swimsuit, linen pants, or barrel jeans for a carefree, just-threw-this-on look.
    Nina Derwin, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Suddenly, violent winds roared, debris whizzed through the air and pipes burst as the tornado tore into their home.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Last year everything apart from the pipes and wiring was redone in a major refurbishment.
    Fiona Bornhöft, Architectural Digest, 22 Mar. 2025
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
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“Rundlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rundlet. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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