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tint

/tɪnt/

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What does tint mean?

noun

  1. A slight coloring.
  2. A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
  3. A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
More meanings (4)

noun

  1. A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
  2. (informal) A vehicle window that has been darkened to conceal the occupant.

verb

  1. To shade, to color.

contraction

  1. it is not; it isn't

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IPA pronunciation

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He was clothed all in green, from his head to his feet, and even his skin was of a greenish tint.
L. Frank (Lyman Frank) BaumThe Wonderful Wizard of OzProject Gutenberg ebook #55
By little and little, the surface of the plate takes a yellow tint, which darkens more and more, approaching to bistre.
S. D. (Samuel Dwight) HumphreyAmerican Hand Book of the DaguerreotypeProject Gutenberg ebook #167
More book examples (3)
Through the smoke, as he approached the gate, Pétya saw Dólokhov, whose face was of a pale-greenish tint, shouting to his men.
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600
A little earlier, the russet-yellow tint announces the extinction of the last spark of life in the creature that is being devoured.
Jean-Henri FabreMore Hunting WaspsTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3462
The swelling of the hand and arm gradually increased, showing the particular livid and yellowish tint following the bites of poisonous snakes.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747