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tanpit

tanpit noun: a vat sunk into the ground for tanning leather.

Noun

tanpit (plural tanpits)

  1. A vat sunk into the ground for tanning leather.

Forms of tanpit

pluraltanpits
alternative formtan-pit

Origin of tanpit

From tan + pit.

Questions about tanpit

What does tanpit mean?
Tanpit means a vat sunk into the ground for tanning leather.
What part of speech is tanpit?
Tanpit is a noun.
What is the plural of tanpit?
The plural of tanpit is tanpits.

Words near tanpit in the dictionary

  1. tanorexic
  2. tanorexics
  3. Tanori
  4. Tanoris
  5. Tanos
  6. tanpit
  7. tanpits
  8. tanpura
  9. tanpuras
  10. tanpuri
  11. tanpuris

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