tawn

T1A1W4N1
UK/tɔːn/US/tɔn/cot caught merger/tɑn/

verb

To tan, make tawny.

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Meanings

tawn1

verbtawn (third-person singular simple present tawns, present participle tawning, simple past and past participle tawned)

present singular third person tawns · participle present tawning · participle past tawned · past tawned

  1. transitiveTo tan, make tawny.
nountawn (plural tawns)

plural tawns

  1. rareA tan.

    In the complexion of a third still lingers a tropic tawn, but slightly bleached withal; HE doubtless has tarried whole weeks ashore.

    1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 5”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

tawn2

proper noun

alternative tahn

  1. colloquialuncountableBermudaHamilton (the capital city of Bermuda).

    12:30pm: Went tahn to get some greeze. Parked opposite de lye-berry.

    2013 September 5, James Burton, “Burton's Banter: Our rich dialogue — as moreish as a cold burr...”, in The Bermuda Sun, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2022
nountawn (plural tawns)

plural tawns

  1. countablepronunciation spellingBermudaPronunciation spelling of town.

Origin

tawn · verb, noun

Alteration of tan, influenced by tawny.

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tawn · proper noun, noun

From town.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tawn

onjohngoneseandrawndawnlawnwithdrawnhanVaughanShaunthereonHahnpawnchiffonyawnCaenguanStrachanSiobhansawnawnbrawnpwn
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Sounds the same

torn (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)torn (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)

Anagrams

want
Cite this entry
APA

tawn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tawn

MLA

“tawn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tawn. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tawn,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tawn.

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