tannery
/ˈtænəɹi/
tannery noun: a place where people tan hides to make leather.
Noun
tannery (countable and uncountable, plural tanneries)
- A place where people tan hides to make leather.
- The River Avon divides the village in two, and at its centre is a tannery, built in 1918 and still in use, with its frontage on the river bank.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 155, about Downton, Wilts
- Synonyms:
- tanhouse
- The business of a tanner.
tannery meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Persian
tannery in Tamil
- தோல் பதடனிடுங் கூடம், தோல் பதனீட்டகம், தோல் பதனிடும் ஆலை, தோல் பதனீட்டுப் பணிமனை, தோல் பதனிடுஞ்சாலை
tannery in Urdu
- دبّاغ خانہ, جہاں کھالیں کمائی جائں
tannery in Persian
- place where people tan hides to make leather
- دباغ خانه dabbâġ-xâne
- business of a tanner
- دباغی dabbâġi
Synonyms of tannery
Forms of tannery
| plural | tanneries |
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Origin of tannery
From tan + -ery; compare Old French tannerie.
Questions about tannery
- What does tannery mean?
- Tannery means a place where people tan hides to make leather.
- What is tannery in Tamil?
- Tannery in Tamil is தோல் பதடனிடுங் கூடம், தோல் பதனீட்டகம், தோல் பதனிடும் ஆலை. See Tannery meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tannery?
- Tannery is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tannery?
- Tannery is pronounced /ˈtænəɹi/.
- What is the plural of tannery?
- The plural of tannery is tanneries.
Words near tannery in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tannery (page history and authors); tannery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tannery (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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