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- [tint]
- /tɪnt/
- /tɪnt/
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- [tint]
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Definitions of tint word
- noun tint a color or a variety of a color; hue. 1
- noun tint a color diluted with white; a color of less than maximum purity, chromo, or saturation. 1
- noun tint a delicate or pale color. 1
- noun tint any of various commercial dyes for the hair. 1
- noun tint Engraving. a uniform shading, as that produced by a series of fine parallel lines. 1
- noun tint Also called tint block. Printing. a faintly or lightly colored background upon which an illustration or the like is to be printed. 1
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Origin of tint
First appearance:
before 1710 One of the 50% oldest English words
First recorded in 1710-20; variant of tinct
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Tint
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tint popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tint usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tint
verb tint
- chalk — Chalk is a type of soft white rock. You can use small pieces of it for writing or drawing with.
- chalking — a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
- complexioned — of a specified complexion
- cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
- fresco — A painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.
noun tint
- chroma — the attribute of a colour that enables an observer to judge how much chromatic colour it contains irrespective of achromatic colour present
- chromaticity — the quality of a colour or light with reference to its purity and its dominant wavelength
- chromatism — chromatic aberration
- color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
- colorant — A colorant is a substance that is used to give something a particular color.
Antonyms for tint
noun tint
- white — of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
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