tanEnglish

tan, ton, bronze, burn, gross ton

Less common #6,725 of the corpus · 11.7 per million words · 50,093 occurrences

Noun

A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds

English: short ton, ton, net ton

A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun

English: tan, suntan, sunburn, burn

Bahasa: jemur, luka bakar

A light brown the color of topaz

English: tan, topaz

2 more noun senses

Ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle

English: tangent, tan

Bahasa: tangen

A British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds

English: long ton, ton, gross ton

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Verb

Treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather

English: tan

Bahasa: menyamak

Get a tan, from wind or sun

English: tan, bronze

Adjective

Of a light yellowish-brown color

English: tan

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