Tan is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for TAN in dictionary:

VERB:
• to become brown in the sun
• (of the sun) cause (a pale-skinned person) to become brown or browner
• (of a pale-skinned person) become brown or browner after exposure to the sun
• convert (animal skin) into leather by soaking in a liquid containing tannic acid, or by the use of other chemicals
• beat (someone) repeatedly as a punishment
• To get or become tanned.
• treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
• get a tan, from wind or sun
• (of skin) go brown from exposure to sunlight
RESIDUAL:
• tangent.
NOUN:
• a yellowish-brown colour
• a golden-brown shade of skin developed by pale-skinned people after exposure to the sun
• bark of oak or other trees, bruised and used as a source of tannin for converting hides into leather.
• brown coloration of the skin from exposure to sunlight
• See Picul.
• The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; -- so called both before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark.
• A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.
• A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan.
• To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water.
• To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin.
• a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
• a light brown the color of topaz
• ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
• tan from which the tannin has been extracted, used for covering the ground for walking, riding, children's play, etc., and in gardening.
ADJECTIVE:
• brown
• (of a pale-skinned person) having golden-brown skin after exposure to the sun
• Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.
• of a light yellowish-brown color
• yellowish-brown
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to convert hide into leather by soaking in chemicals

Words related to TAN

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Words that contain TAN

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How to use TAN in a sentence

• The red tan of sun, the coarse signs of drunkenness, the ferocity and hate so characteristic of Bain were no longer there.
• They were of tan silk, and Dave had challenged her to wear them for the good of her soul.
• The fingers were brown with tan and looked exceedingly boyish.
• A gradually acquired coat of tan is much more desirable.
• He bought her six pairs of tan kid, in a beautiful cardboard box.
• The smooth tan of his cheeks contrasted oddly with the silver of his close-cropped hair.
• The face of the man was a fine tan, against which eyes, teeth, and moustache came out in brisk relief.
• The desert tan of his cheeks and throat deepened to a ruddy bronze.
• She was not vain, but she was satisfied with her eyes and hair, her white skin, impervious to tan or burn, and the shape of her mouth.
• Should he get lace or button, black or tan? Were there any bargains in shoes that afternoon? He would look about to see.
• My palms and fingers, scorched by the heat, became hardened like goat hoofs, while my skin took on a coat of tan that it will wear forever.
• But with one accord the babies set up a howl at anything so inconceivable as a queer foreign thing with a tan head appearing in their midst.
• Pegram, the humorist, gave them a glance of approval, when he noticed their uniforms, the deep tan of their faces, their honest eyes and their compact, strong figures.
• A healthy tan on face and arms and open throat bespoke her keen devotion to all outdoor life.
• His lodge will not be poor for meat nor will his wife lack skins to tan, or hides for lodge skins.

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