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| Domain | Definition |
Slang | Adjective; noun. Source: Accurately describes said clothing. Definition: A style of clothing characterized by contrasting black and white colors, ofen in checkerboard patterns. Doc Martin shoes are common. There is also a mentality the accompanies two-tone clothing (see connotations and sociological implications). Context: May be used whenever punks interact. Social Source: Punk. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: TWO-TONE |
| Specialty definitions using "TWO-TONE": mock grandrelle, mock twist ♦ whalesong. (references) |
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High Tech |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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 | Underway off the coast of Brazil on 4 April 1944. The ship is painted in the "two-tone" Measure 22 camouflage scheme. Note the "star and bar" aircraft insignia on the bow aft of the hull number. Photographed from an aircraft of Fleet Air Wing 16. Credit: NAVY. |  | Photographed by O.W. Waterman, Hampton, Virginia, circa 1916-17. She is wearing horizontal "two-tone" paint scheme, possibly a camouflage experiment. Credit: NAVY. |
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| "TWO-TONE" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 88.24% of the time. "TWO-TONE" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 88.24% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.88% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (singular) | 5.88% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "TWO-TONE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | totone-input (two-tone input). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | twee-toonsingangssignaal (two-tone input). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kaksiääninen tulosignaali (two-tone input). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | bicolore. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | mit zwei Tönen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | διτονική είσοδος (two-tone input). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | segnale d'ingresso a due toni (two-tone input). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | o-tonetway sinal de entrada de duas frequências (two-tone input). (various references) entrada de dos tonos (two-tone input). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-n-o-o-t-t-w" | |
-3 letters: enow, nett, newt, note, nowt, onto, otto, tent, tone, toon, toot, tote, town, went, wont. | |
-4 letters: eon, net, new, noo, not, now, one, oot, owe, own, ten, tet, tew, toe, ton, too, tot, tow, two, wen, wet, woe, won, woo, wot. | |
-5 letters: en, et, ne, no, oe, on, ow, to, we, wo. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-n-o-o-t-t-w" | |
+2 letters: stonewort. | |
+3 letters: cottonweed, noteworthy, stoneworts. | |
+4 letters: cottonweeds, outtowering. | |
+5 letters: noteworthily, wollastonite. | |
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