tawny

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Synonyms: fawny, towny, lawny, tawney, yawny, tawn, cawny, awny, tany, tawna, tawni

Antonyms: fawny, towny, lawny, tawney, yawny, tawn, cawny, awny, tany, tawna, tawni

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Adjective

1. Of a light brown to brownish orange colour; orangey brown tinged with gold.

Verb

1. To cause (someone or something) to have a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.
2. To become a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.

Noun

1. A light brown to brownish orange colour.
   • tawny:
2. Synonym of tenné (“a rarely-used tincture of orange or bright brown”).
3. Something of a light brown or brownish orange colour (particularly if it has the word tawny in its name). The common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
4. The common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
5. In full tawny port: a sweet, fortified port wine which is blended and matured in wooden casks.
6. A fabric of a light brown to brownish orange colour. A person with skin of a brown colour.
7. A fabric of a light brown to brownish orange colour.
8. A person with skin of a brown colour.
9. Tawny frogmouth.
10. Tawny owl.

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