tannery
pronunciation
How to pronounce tannery in British English:
UK [ˈtænəri]
How to pronounce tannery in American English:
US ['tænərɪ]
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- Noun:
- workplace where skins and hides are tanned
Word Origin
- tannery (n.)
- c. 1400, "process of tanning," from Old French tannerie (13c.) or a native formation from tan (v.) + -ery. Meaning "place where tanning is done" is from 1736, perhaps from tanner (n.1) + -y (2).
Example
- 1. Super tannery is in the heart of kanpur 's traditional leather district , called jajmau .
- 2. I took the tannery off the list because it had no military value to al qaeda and I wanted to minimize civilian casualties .