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
  • Neither does the oak, even after almost 25 years, although that small amount of virgin oak barrels in the mix adds a splash of vibrant wood to the flavor profile.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Brent, the global benchmark, was hovering around $63 a barrel, the lowest since April 2021, before also gaining slightly.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Bell had opened the pipe steam valve by hand, which kept the lights on two hours after Titanic hit the iceberg, saving hundreds of lives.
    Sean Kingsley, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The initial test site is near UC Irvine’s recreation center, with pipes running beneath daycare facilities, and future experiments are planned for UC San Diego’s campus.
    Jesse Kuehn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 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 Apr. 2025.

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