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UNTANNED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does untanned mean?
• UNTANNED (adjective)
The adjective UNTANNED has 1 sense:
1. not converted to leather by a tanning agent
Familiarity information: UNTANNED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not converted to leather by a tanning agent
Context example:
a whip made of untanned hide
Antonym:
tanned (converted to leather by a tanning agent)
Context examples
He was a rough, powerful peasant, with cap and tunic of untanned sheepskin, leather breeches, and galligaskins round legs and feet.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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