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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Noun
  • Prices for brent crude, the global oil benchmark, hovered around $110 a barrel Friday morning, while bond yields shot up.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
  • In the sixth, left-hander Robbie Ray attacked Judge with four-seam fastballs until the three-time MVP turned on an inside heater and found barrel, sending a towering, two-run shot over the left-field fence to break the scoreless tie.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Her mighty pipes are as unstoppable as her flair for mascara-melting melodrama.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Investigators found that in both cases, gas pipes feeding the homes had pulled loose from their couplings as soil expanded and contracted, allowing dangerous levels of gas to build up, setting the stage for the explosions.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Rundlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rundlet. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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