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tint
[tint]
noun
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
a color diluted with white; a color of less than maximum purity, chromo, or saturation.
a delicate or pale color.
any of various commercial dyes for the hair.
Engraving., a uniform shading, as that produced by a series of fine parallel lines.
Also called tint block. Printing., a faintly or lightly colored background upon which an illustration or the like is to be printed.
verb (used with object)
to apply a tint or tints to; color slightly or delicately; tinge.
tint
/ tɪnt /
noun
a shade of a colour, esp a pale one
a colour that is softened or desaturated by the addition of white
a tinge
a semipermanent dye for the hair
a trace or hint
a tint of jealousy in his voice
engraving uniform shading, produced esp by hatching
printing a panel of colour serving as a background to letters or other matter
verb
(tr) to colour or tinge
(tr) to change or influence slightly
his answer was tinted by his prior knowledge
(intr) to acquire a tint
Other Word Forms
- nontinted adjective
- overtint noun
- retint verb (used with object)
- untinted adjective
- well-tinted adjective
- tinter noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of tint1
Example Sentences
Nazarian and Blumenfield both pointed out that the law does not require air conditioning, and said units could be kept cool with other interventions, including cool roof technology and window tinting.
Entering Sphere, the escalators are tinted sepia and the soundscape hums with birdsong and lowing cattle.
He says that in August 2024, three men arrived in a car with tinted windows and seized him.
In a shopping plaza an hour outside Toronto, flanked by a day spa and a shawarma joint, sits a two-storey building with blue tinted windows reflecting the summer sun.
When they caught up with him they noticed he had illegal tinted front windows.
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