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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • tack/tæk/nounB24 meaningsA short nail with a wide flat head, pushed in by hand.
  • tackle/ˈtækəl/verbB17 meaningsTo stop an opponent and try to take the ball from them.
  • tact/tækt/nounC1Skill in saying things without giving offence.
  • tactful/ˈtæktfəl/adjectiveC1Careful not to cause offence when handling a difficult matter.
  • tactic/ˈtæktɪk/nounC12 meaningsA particular action chosen to gain an advantage in a situation.
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/ˈtæktɪk(ə)l/
adjectiveC1
Planned to gain a particular advantage.
  • tactician/tækˈtɪʃən/nounC1Somebody clever at planning the moves of a contest.
  • tactile/ˈtæktaɪl/adjectiveC1To do with touch, or pleasant to handle.
  • tactile pavingnounC1Textured ground that can be felt underfoot as a warning.
  • tag/tæɡ/nounA24 meaningsA small label attached to something, showing a price, a name or an instruction.
  • taillightnounC1A red light at the rear of a vehicle.
  • taint/teɪnt/nounC1A trace of something bad that spoils the whole.
  • tajikistannounC1Central Asian country that is almost entirely mountains, capital Dushanbe.
  • take a decisionphraseC1To reach and announce a formal choice.
  • take apartphraseB22 meaningsTo separate something into its component pieces.
  • take in/teɪk‿ˈɪn/phraseB26 meaningsTo understand and absorb something you are told or shown.
  • take stockphraseC1To pause and review how things actually stand.
  • take the law into your own handsphraseC1To punish somebody yourself instead of using the courts.
  • take the wind out of your sailsphraseC1To take away your confidence suddenly.
  • take with a pinch of saltphraseC1To not fully believe what you are told.
  • talisman/ˈtæl.ɪsˌmæn/nounC12 meaningsAn object believed to hold protective power.
  • talk roundphraseC1To persuade somebody to change their mind.
  • tall order/ˈtɔːl ˈɔːdə/nounC1A request that will be very difficult to meet.
  • talon/ˈtælən/nounB2+2 meaningsThe hooked claw of a hunting bird.
  • tandem/ˈtændəm/nounB2+2 meaningsA bicycle built for two riders one behind the other.
  • tang/ˈtæŋ/nounC12 meaningsA strong sharp taste or smell.
  • tangential/tænˈd͡ʒɛn.t͡ʃəl/adjectiveC1Only slightly connected to the main point.
  • tank/ˈtæŋk/nounB14 meaningsA large container for liquid or gas.
  • tankard/ˈtæŋkɚd/nounC1A large mug with a handle for drinking beer.
  • tanner/ˈtænɚ/nounC1A worker who turns animal hide into leather.
  • tantamount/ˈtæntəˌmaʊnt/adjectiveC1As good as the same thing in effect.
  • taper/ˈteɪpə/verbC12 meaningsTo grow gradually narrower towards one end.
  • tapered/ˈteɪ.pə(ɹ)d/adjectiveC1Growing narrower towards one end.
  • taproot/ˈtæpˌɹuːt/nounC1The single thick root that drives straight down.
  • tardinessnounC1The habit of being late.
  • tariff/ˈtæɹɪf/nounB2+2 meaningsThe tax a country charges on imported goods.
  • tarnish/ˈtɑːnɪʃ/verbC13 meaningsTo lose brightness, or to make metal lose its brightness, through a film forming on the surface.
  • taro/ˈtæɹəʊ/nounC1A tropical plant with huge heart-shaped leaves, grown for the starchy corm that Hawaiians pound into poi.
  • tarry/ˈtæ.ɹi/verbC1To linger and delay setting off.
  • taskmaster/ˈtæskˌmæstɚ/nounC1Somebody who sets others hard work and demands it be done.
  • tastebud/ˈteɪstbʌd/nounC1One of the tiny organs on the tongue that sense flavour.
  • tasting notenounC1A written description of what something tastes of.
  • taupe/təʊp/adjectiveC1Of a grey-brown neutral colour.
  • taut/tɔːt/adjectiveC12 meaningsPulled tight with no give at all.
  • tawny/ˈtɔːni/adjectiveC1Of a warm golden brown colour.
  • tawny owl/ˈtɔːni aʊl/nounC1The brown owl whose call is the classic hoot.
  • tax/tæks/nounB12 meaningsMoney that must be paid to the government.
  • tax evasionnounC1Illegally avoiding tax you owe.
  • tax havennounC1A country with very low taxes, used to shelter money from higher rates elsewhere.
  • taxi/ˈtæksi/nounA12 meaningsA car you pay to take you where you want.
  • taxiwaynounC1The path aircraft move along between runway and stand.
  • taxpayer/ˈtakspeɪə/nounC1Somebody who pays money to the state.
  • teak/tiːk/nounC1A hard durable timber from a tropical tree.
  • teal/tiːl/nounC12 meaningsA small fast-flying wild duck.
  • teamster/ˈtim.stɚ/nounC1Somebody who drives a team of animals or a lorry.
  • tear/tɛə/nounA24 meaningsA drop of water that falls from your eye when you cry.
  • tease/tiːz/verbB14 meaningsTo make playful fun of someone, meaning no real harm.
  • technicality/ˌtɛknɪˈkælɪti/nounC1A small point of the rules that changes the outcome.
  • tectonicsnounC1The study of the great moving plates of the crust.
  • tedious/ˈtiː.dɪəs/adjectiveC1So long and dull it wears your patience away.