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
  • These fans draw cooler air in through slots on the front of this thin slab section and spit out hot air from identical slots in the barrel’s rear section.
    Joe Osborne, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The violent feminist spin on actresses staring down the barrel of old age — and a lack of work as decided by shellfish-chewing male producers — won Best Screenplay back at Cannes in May.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of barrel
Noun
  • In California, water systems were required to develop their inventories on the public side of the service line from the water main under the street to the meter by 2018, and submit a plan for replacement of all lead pipes and fittings by 2020.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Deputies worked together to lift the metal grate off a storm drain before freeing the dog, who had become trapped in a pipe.
    Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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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