1. a funnel-shaped vessel used for pouring liquids
Usage: archaic
2. a water reservoir or cistern
Usage: archaic
3. a refractory-lined vessel used in steelmaking to transfer molten metal
Usage: metallurgy

Examples

• The medieval kitchen had a large tundish for storing water.
• Workers poured the wine through a tundish to avoid spilling.
• The old castle’s tundish collected rainwater from the roof.
• In the steel mill, molten iron flowed through the tundish.
• The cooper used a wooden tundish to fill the barrels.
• Archaeological excavations revealed a stone tundish in the monastery.