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
  • With a torpedo bat, the barrel—or the widest part of the bat—sits closer to the hitter’s hands.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The torpedo bat is tapered at the end and has more mass in the barrel than a traditional model, allowing some hitters a better chance to turn on an inside pitch.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The work includes relining sewer pipes, major improvements at the treatment plant, repairing and replacing old lift stations and installing a northside interceptor to handle wastewater from the city’s north side.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase messed up Orton's chance to win the title, and then DiBiase hit Orton with a pipe in a match.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 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 15 Apr. 2025.

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