- tan-colored
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Leather-colored, tawny.
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tan-colored
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-colored — [ kʌlərd ] suffix used with some adjectives and nouns to make adjectives describing what color something is: a dark colored skirt a building made of tan colored stone … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tan — I. verb (tanned; tanning) Etymology: Middle English tannen, from Anglo French tanner, from Medieval Latin tannare, from tanum, tannum tanbark Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to convert (hide) into leather by treatment with an infusion of … New Collegiate Dictionary
tan rot — noun : a disease of strawberries caused by a fungus (Pezizella lythri) and characterized by somewhat sunken tan colored areas in the fruit that lift out readily … Useful english dictionary
Tan|ge|rine — «TAN juh REEN», noun. 1. a small, deep colored citrus fruit with a very loose peel and segments that separate easily. A tangerine has a sweet, spicy pulp. It is a variety of mandarin which is much grown in the United States. 2. a deep, slightly… … Useful english dictionary
tan|ge|rine — «TAN juh REEN», noun. 1. a small, deep colored citrus fruit with a very loose peel and segments that separate easily. A tangerine has a sweet, spicy pulp. It is a variety of mandarin which is much grown in the United States. 2. a deep, slightly… … Useful english dictionary
tan — [n/adj] light brown beige, biscuit, bronze, brown, brownish, buff, cream, drab, ecru, gold, khaki, leather colored, natural, olive, olivebrown, saddle, sand, suntan, tawny, umber, yellowish; concepts 618,622 tan [v] flog, whip baste, beat, belt,… … New thesaurus
tan — colorful colorful adj. 1. having striking color. Opposite of {colorless}. Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot}; {deep, rich}; {flaming}; {fluorescent, glowing}; {prismatic}; {psychedelic}; {red, ruddy, flushed,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
TAN — total adenine nucleotide; total ammonia nitrogen * * * tan tan vb, tanned; tan·ning vt to make (skin) tan esp. by exposure to the sun vi to get or become tanned tan n a brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or wind * * * (tan) 1 … Medical dictionary
tan — tandem translocation; tangent * * * tan tan vb, tanned; tan·ning vt to make (skin) tan esp. by exposure to the sun vi to get or become tanned tan n a brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or wind * * * (tan) 1. a light brown… … Medical dictionary
tan — Synonyms and related words: arrange, beige, bronze, brown, brownish, brownish yellow, brunet, burn, chocolate, cinnamon, clear for action, clear the decks, cocoa, cocoa brown, coffee, coffee brown, cure, deploy, drab, dress, dress down, dun, dun… … Moby Thesaurus
