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Definition of Tundish
1. n. A tunnel.
Definition of Tundish
1. Noun. A funnel (usually) used in smelting, foundry work etc. ¹
2. Noun. A funnel used to create a siphonic break in a drainage system and/or provide visual indication of flow, usually in an overflow line. ¹
3. Noun. A wooden dish or shallow vessel with a tube at the bottom fitting into the bunghole of a tun or cask, forming a kind of funnel used in brewing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tundish
1. a receptacle for molten metal [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tundish
Literary usage of Tundish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Heat in Its Relations to Water and Steam: Embracing New Views of by Charles Wye Williams (1864)
"4 let a represent an inverted glass tundish attached to a rod, by which it may
be kept down in the water in a beaker; the level of which is at c in the ..."
2. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"It is called a tundish in Lower Drumcondra — said Stephen, laughing — where ...
—'A tundish — said the dean reflectively.— That is a most interesting word. ..."
3. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"4 (Petruchio). tundish, a funnel; ' Filling a bottle with a tundish', Meas. for M.
iii. 2. 182. A ' tun-bowl' or a ' tun-dish ' was a kind of wooden funnel, ..."
4. The Emporium of Arts and Sciences by John Redman Coxe (1815)
"NB When the vitriol is all in, take out your tundish and have a ball of clay for
luting the place it stood in; first of all, fill your reservoir with clear ..."
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