- tanbark
- noun Date: 1799 1. a bark rich in tannin bruised or cut into small pieces and used in tanning 2. a surface (as a circus ring) covered with spent tanbark
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tanbark
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tanbark — [tan′bärk΄] n. any bark containing tannin, used to tan hides and, after the tannin has been extracted, to cover racetracks, circus rings, etc … English World dictionary
Tanbark — For other uses, see Tanbark, Lexington. Workers peeling hemlock bark for the tannery in Prattsville, New York, United States. Tanbark is the bark of certain species of tree. It is traditionally used for tanning hides[1] … Wikipedia
tanbark — /tan bahrk / 1. the bark of the oak, hemlock, etc., bruised and broken by a mill and used esp. in tanning hides. 2. a surface covered with pieces of tanbark, esp. a circus ring. [1790 1800; TAN1 + BARK2] * * * … Universalium
tanbark — tan•bark [[t]ˈtænˌbɑrk[/t]] n. 1) the bark of the oak, hemlock, etc., bruised and broken by a mill and used esp. in tanning hides 2) cvb a surface covered with pieces of tanbark, esp. a circus ring • Etymology: 1790–1800 … From formal English to slang
tanbark oak — any oak that yields tanbark, esp. an evergreen oak, Lithocarpus densiflora, of the Pacific coast of North America. [1880 85, Amer.] * * * ▪ plant also called tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus) oaklike ornamental evergreen tree with tannin… … Universalium
tanbark oak — noun evergreen tree of the Pacific coast area having large leathery leaves; yields tanbark • Syn: ↑Lithocarpus densiflorus • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Hyponyms: ↑Japanese oak, ↑Lithocarpus glabra, ↑Lithocarpus glaber … Useful english dictionary
tanbark beetle — noun 1. : the adult of the tanbark borer 2. : a small black boring beetle (Stephanopachys substriatus) that infests hemlock tanbark … Useful english dictionary
tanbark-oak — tankiažiedis ąžuolūnas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bukinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Lithocarpus densiflorus), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Lithocarpus densiflorus angl. tanbark oak; tan oak šaltinis Valstybinės… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
tanbark — noun a) The bark of the oak (or other trees) used as a source of tannin b) The spent bark used as a ground covering … Wiktionary
Tanbark — Rhiophora (E) A plant whose bark produces much tannin or is used in tanning. Albizia, Aspidosperma, Avicennia, Bucida, Byrsonima, Cassia, Conocarpus, Laguncularia, Prosopis, Psidium, Rhizophora, Terminalia … EthnoBotanical Dictionary
