Khaki vs. Tan

Khakinoun

A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.

Khakinoun

Khaki green, a dull green colour.

Khakinoun

A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.

Khakinoun

(rare) A soldier wearing a khaki uniform.

Khakinoun

A British person (from the colour of the uniform of British troops, originally in the Second Boer War; compare rooinek). In this sense the plural generally is khakies.

Khakinoun

Khaki clothing or uniform, commonly in the plural.

Khakiadjective

Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.

Khakiadjective

Of a dull brownish yellow, or drab color; - applied to cloth, originally to a stout brownish cotton cloth, used in making uniforms in the Anglo-Indian army.

Khakinoun

Any kind of khaki cloth; hence, a uniform of khaki or, rarely, a soldier clad in khaki. In the United States and British armies khaki or cloth of a very similar color is almost exclusively used for service in the field.

Khakinoun

a sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms

Khakiadjective

of a yellowish brown color

Khakinoun

a strong cotton or wool fabric of a dull brownish-yellow colour, used especially in military clothing

Khakinoun

trousers or other clothing made of khaki

Khakinoun

a dull greenish or brownish-yellow colour

Khaki

Khaki (UK: , US: ) is a color, a light shade of brown with a yellowish tinge. Khaki has been used by many armies around the world for uniforms, including camouflage.

Tannoun

A yellowish-brown colour.

Tannoun

A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.

Tannoun

The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.

Tannoun

An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh

Tannoun

, particularly in Cantonese contexts.

Tannoun

(dialectal) A twig or small switch.

Tanadjective

Of a yellowish-brown.

Tanadjective

Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun.

Tanverb

To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.

Tanverb

(transitive) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.

Tanverb

To spank or beat.

Tannumeral

The second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting.

Tannoun

See Picul.

Tannoun

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.

Tannoun

A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.

Tannoun

A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan.

Tanadjective

Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.

Tanverb

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.

Tanverb

To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin.

Tanverb

To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch; as, to tan a disobedient child's hide.

Tanverb

To get or become tanned.

Tannoun

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

Tannoun

a light brown

Tannoun

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

Tanverb

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

Tanverb

get a tan, from wind or sun

Tanadjective

of a light yellowish-brown color