earth tone

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [urth tohn]
- /ɜrθ toʊn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [urth tohn]
- /ɜrθ toʊn/

Definitions of earth tone words

noun earth tone any of various warm, muted colors ranging basically from neutral to deep brown. 1
noun earth tone any of various soft colors like those found in nature in soil, vegetation, etc.; esp., brown, tan, or beige 0

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Origin of earth tone

First appearance:

before 1970

One of the 2% newest English words

First recorded in 1970-75

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Earth tone

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Earth tone

earth tone popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 58% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

earth tone usage trend in Literature

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