suntan
pronunciation
How to pronounce suntan in British English:
UK [ˈsʌntæn]
How to pronounce suntan in American English:
US [ˈsʌntæn]
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- Noun:
- a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
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- Verb:
- get a tan from being exposed to the sun
Word Origin
- suntan (v.)
- also sun-tan, 1821, from sun (n.) + tan (v.). Related: Suntanned; suntanning. As a noun from 1888. Originally an indication of outdoor laboring; considered as an enhancement to beauty or proof of idleness from 1920s: F.L. Allen, chronicler of the decade ("Only Yesterday"), notes 1929 as the year that "on the sands of a thousand American beaches, girls pulled down the shoulder-straps of their bathing suits to acquire fashionably tanned backs ...."
Example
- 1. Reasons withstand the test of time while excuses fade before a suntan does .
- 2. Don 't forget to bring sunglasses and suntan lotion or sunscreen .
- 3. He just arrived from africa , hence the suntan .
- 4. To date , mr boehner has been controversial chiefly because washington insiders cannot agree on how he maintains his permanent suntan .
- 5. He counts 95 different kinds of snacks ; 61 varieties of suntan oil and sun block ; and 80 different painkillers .