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How to pronounce “tawny”
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Pronunciation guide for tawny
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of tawny with real speech in context.
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the Tawny which isn't in this book
- Definition summary
- Of a light brown to brownish orange colour; orangey brown tinged with gold.
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How to pronounce tawny
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the Tawny which isn't in this book
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “tawny”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Of a light brown to brownish orange colour; orangey brown tinged with gold.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to have a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.
- (intransitive) To become a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.
- [Noun]
- A light brown to brownish orange colour.
- Something of a light brown or brownish orange colour (particularly if it has the word tawny in its name).
- (alcoholic beverages) In full tawny port: a sweet, fortified port wine which is blended and matured in wooden casks.
- (obsolete)
- Tawny frogmouth.
- Tawny owl.
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