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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The bark of various trees used as a source of tannin.
- noun Shredded bark from which the tannin has been extracted, used to cover circus arenas, racetracks, and other surfaces.
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- noun The
bark of theoak (or othertrees ) used as a source oftannin - noun The
spent bark used as a groundcovering
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun bark rich in tannin; bruised and cut in pieces to use for tanning; spent tanbark used as a ground covering
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Examples
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The armory was only 200 feet by 100 feet with a concrete floor, covered in dirt and tanbark for the occasion.
Six Weeks of Spring Training in...New Jersey? Joshua Robinson 2011
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In order to further analyze the scientific validity of some of the items on my newly-written happiness list for more see My happiness list: chat walks, snuggles, tanbark and obits, I have posted a few below and attached a bit on the corresponding studies from the field of happiness research.
Kirsten Dirksen: Why We All Need a Happiness List: Chocolate and Philosophizing According to the Research Kirsten Dirksen 2010
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In order to further analyze the scientific validity of some of the items on my newly-written happiness list (for more see My happiness list: chat walks, snuggles, tanbark and obits), I have posted a few below and attached a bit on the corresponding studies from the field of happiness research.
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Between 700 m and 950 m, there is a mixed community of evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved trees, including oak Quercus spp., tanbark oak Lithocarpus harlandii, and Daphniphyllum spp.
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The boat is solid and the varnished deck is the colour scheme my boat would be, with a tanbark sail to set it off, golden-wood mast and a strong, solid colour for the hull - navy, olive or maroon would be nice.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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The boat is solid and the varnished deck is the colour scheme my boat would be, with a tanbark sail to set it off, golden-wood mast and a strong, solid colour for the hull - navy, olive or maroon would be nice.
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His legs are locked around the monkey bars, his arms folded, his head centimetres from the tanbark.
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Among tree species are Eyer evergreen chinquapin Castonopsis eyeri, Farges evergreen chinquapin C. fabri, Hance tanbark oak Lithocarpus hancei, blue Japanese oak Cyclobalanopsis glauca, Taiwan pine Pinus taiwanesis, Chinese little-leaf box tree Buxus sinica var. parvifolia, common Chinese birch Cunninghmia lanceolata, Chinese cedar Cryptomeria fortunei, Masson pine P. Massoniana, etc.
Mount Wuyi, China 2008
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Never mind his falls feet and his tanbark complexion.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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He fell in love with the place, its fertile soil, its ancient redwoods, firs, tanbark oaks, maples, madrones and manzanitas, its canyons, silvery streams and springs, and its isolation.
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“Paul Binder, the 66-year-old founder, artistic director and ringmaster of the Big Apple Circus, will be stepping away from the tanbark next year after three decades as boss man of the little top.�?
The New York Times, Goodbye Greasepaint: Veteran Showman Exits the Tent, by Glenn Collins, October 21, 2008
October 22, 2008