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two-tone

two-tone adjective: having two colours or shades. Also the alternative form of 2 Tone.

Adjective

two-tone (not comparable)

  1. Having two colours or shades.
    • a two-tone hair
    • The final outshopping was 55002, which had arrived on October 14 [1980] for a two-month repair, with the usual worksheet taped to its bodyside stating "to be repainted in two-tone green".2024 January 10, Howard Johnston, “The demise of the 'Deltics'”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 45
  2. Giving two different sounds, either alternately or simultaneously.
    • a two-tone horn
    • The drivers' cabs are fitted with the latest equipment, including a loudaphone, electric demisters and two-tone horns; provision is made for the fitting of A.W.S. equipment when available.1962 December, “The Oxted Line diesel-electric multiple-units”, in Modern Railways, page 383

Also used as

two-tone is also the alternative form of 2 Tone.

Synonyms of two-tone

All synonyms of two-tone

Questions about two-tone

What does two-tone mean?
Two-tone means having two colours or shades.
What part of speech is two-tone?
Two-tone is an adjective.

Words near two-tone in the dictionary

  1. two-times
  2. two-timing
  3. two-to-one
  4. two-toed sloth
  5. two-toed sloths
  6. two-tone
  7. two-tongued
  8. two-top
  9. two-tops
  10. two-up
  11. two-up-two-down

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