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tartan

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Pronunciation

  • IPA /tɑːtən/

Noun

tartan noun

  1. A kind of woven woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles, associated with Scottish Highlanders, different clans having their own distinctive patterns.
  2. The pattern associated with such material.
  3. An individual or a group wearing tartan; a Highlander or Scotsman in general.
  4. Trade name of a synthetic resin, used for surfacing tracks etc.

tartan noun

  1. A type of one-masted vessel used in the Mediterranean.
  2. A kind of long covered carriage.

Verb

tartan verb

  1. To clothe in tartan.

Adjective

tartan adjective

  1. Having a pattern like a tartan.
  2. Scottish.

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