Synonyms for tarn
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tahrn |
| Phonetic Transcription : tɑrn |
Top 10 synonyms for tarn Other synonyms for the word tarn
Définition of tarn
Origin :- mid-13c., from Old Norse tjorn "small mountain lake without tributaries," from Proto-Germanic *terno, perhaps originally "water hole." A dialectal word popularized by the Lake poets.
- As in lake : noun inland body of water
- As in pool : noun collection of liquid
- As in reservoir : noun accumulation, repository
- St. nimie is not once mentioned, and nothing is said about the gorges of the Tarn.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- The Causse Noir from the Tarn is a sight not soon forgotten.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- They are as safe in their tarn as those enchanted fish of the “Arabian Nights.”
- Extract from : « Angling Sketches » by Andrew Lang
- One evening in August, a warm, still evening, I happened to visit the tarn.
- Extract from : « Angling Sketches » by Andrew Lang
- They walked quietly on till the tarn was left some way behind.
- Extract from : « Feats on the Fiord » by Harriet Martineau
- He pointed to a fair-haired child wading by the side of the tarn.
- Extract from : « Big Game » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
- The forfeit is held over them, and each of them stoops in tarn.
- Extract from : « The Ned M'Keown Stories » by William Carleton
- In April, 1886, lightning did great damage in the church at Montredon (Tarn).
- Extract from : « Thunder and Lightning » by Camille Flammarion
- Tones like those produced by a harmonica are heard from the tarn.
- Extract from : « Plays by August Strindberg, Fourth Series » by August Strindberg
- During this scene the beltlike tones from the tarn continue.
- Extract from : « Plays by August Strindberg, Fourth Series » by August Strindberg
Antonyms for tarn
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