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tear stain

tear stain is the alternative form of tearstain.

Meaning of tearstain

Noun

tearstain (plural tearstains)

  1. Any stain produced from tears from the eye.
  2. (broadly) Reddish-brown or rust-colored streaks found on the fur under the eyes, most commonly on white or light-colored animals.

Forms of tear stain

pluraltear stains

Questions about tear stain

What is tear stain the alternative form of?
Tear stain is the alternative form of tearstain.

Words near tear stain in the dictionary

  1. tear sheets
  2. tear someone a new arsehole
  3. tear someone a new asshole
  4. tear someone a new one
  5. tear someone off a strip
  6. tear stain
  7. tear stick
  8. tear sticks
  9. tear strip
  10. tear strips
  11. tear strips off someone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tear stain (page history and authors); tearstain (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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