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Definitions of tanning
  1. noun
    beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
  2. noun
    making leather from rawhide
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  3. noun
    process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light
Definition that contains tanning
  • leather an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
  • tanned converted to leather by a tanning agent
  • kino East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning
  • kino a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning
  • alder north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant
  • manzanita evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning
  • tannin any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine
  • madrona evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning
  • tanbark bark rich in tannin; bruised and cut in pieces to use for tanning; spent tanbark used as a ground covering
  • quercus velutina medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped
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