tartan
/ˈtɑːt(ə)n/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈtɑːt(ə)n/
tartan
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Open ah vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
tar - tan -> tartan
Myanmar meaning
စကော့တောင်ပေါ်လူမျိုးစုကို ဖော်ပြသည့် ရောင်စုံအစင်းကွက်အဆင်။ ၎င်းအဆင်ဖော်၍ ယက်လုပ်ထားသည့် သိုးမွှေးပိတ်စ။
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- ‘Clans, tartans, and Highlands, with the help of the Queen herself, had become utterly British and quite fashionable.’
- ‘Instead, tartans probably were regionally based with different patterns belonging to different areas of the country.’
- ‘The hills were awash with frost and snow and yet nobody dared wear anything but the clan tartan.’
- ‘The company directors of Beartas designed a new tartan, woven in Harris Tweed and called the ‘Isle of Harris Tartan’.’
- ‘The whole point of a tartan is to get many colours working together, weaving themselves into a beautiful pattern.’
- ‘Her version of the plaid, a tartan also in silk, is hung over the shoulder and pinned in place with a brooch.’
- ‘If designing a new tartan will save the Scottish Socialist party from dying out completely, I'm willing to have a go.’
- ‘The dominant symbols of Scottish nationalism - the war-pipes, the military tartans, the Glengarry and so on - are a product of that.’
- ‘The company designs and produces a huge range of tartans - one of which was recently modelled by Ewan McGregor.’
- ‘In his own defence, he discloses that, though he is a Londoner to his pearly suit, he is nevertheless one-eighth Scottish on his mother's side, which doesn't even qualify him for a clan tartan.’
- ‘As tartans became fashionable, their colours were determined by the dyes from clan plants - broom and gorse, symbols of the Sinclairs, Sutherlands and Maclennans, provided yellows.’
- ‘This involves designing and manufacturing tartans for firms including ScottishPower, IF and Barbour.’
- ‘He was wearing a tartan patterned lumberjack shirt and jeans.’
- ‘Each of Scotland's clans has its own tartan, developed over the centuries.’
- ‘The revival of the house of Burberry is having an impact too as checks and colourful tartans abound on trousers and skirts.’
- ‘The band has worked hard raising funds for the tartan which cost around £1, 000 to design and £300 to kit out each band member.’
- ‘We had our tartans woven at a mill that makes only tartans.’
- ‘Instead of the typical clan tartans, the Orkney ferry is decorated with posters of dragon-bowed great boats and warriors in horned helmets shoving flaming coffins out into the waves.’
- ‘And yet they made those wonderful clothes for other people - tweeds, cords, mohairs, checks, tartans.’
- ‘Symbols that evoke the past of the Highlands include the system of clan tartans and bagpipes.’
Synonyms
checkered, plaid, checked, check, checkerboard, confusion, disorder, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, miscellany, mishmash, mixture, muddle, olio, pastiche, patchwork, pattern, quilt, salad, salmagundi, stew, variegated
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