tartans

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈtɑːt(ə)nz/
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/ˈtɑːt(ə)nz/ · /ˈtɑɹtn̩z/ · [-ɾn̩z] · /ˈtɑɹt(ə)nz/ · /ˈtæɹ-/

Definition of tartans

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (plural, plural-only)Clothes made from tartan fabric; specifically, full Highland dress.
    “[A] chief in Highland pride; / His shoulders bear the hunter's bow, / The mountain dirk adorns his side, / Far on the wind his tartans flow […]”
    “[T]hou shalt see a darksome man, / Who boasts him Chief of Alpine's clan, / With tartans broad and shadowy plume, / And hand of blood, and brow of gloom, […]”
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noun

  1. (plural, plural-only)Clothes made from tartan fabric; specifically, full Highland dress.
    “[A] chief in Highland pride; / His shoulders bear the hunter's bow, / The mountain dirk adorns his side, / Far on the wind his tartans flow […]”
    “[T]hou shalt see a darksome man, / Who boasts him Chief of Alpine's clan, / With tartans broad and shadowy plume, / And hand of blood, and brow of gloom, […]”
  2. (form-of, plural)plural of tartan

verb

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of tartan

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Etymology

From tartan + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and plural forms of nouns; and third-person singular simple present indicative forms of regular verbs).

Anagrams of tartans

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