Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tahy-gerz-ahy]
- /ˈtaɪ gərzˌaɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [tahy-gerz-ahy]
- /ˈtaɪ gərzˌaɪ/
Definitions of tiger's-eye word
- noun tiger's-eye a golden-brown chatoyant stone used for ornament, formed by the alteration of crocidolite, and consisting essentially of quartz colored by iron oxide. 1
- noun tiger's-eye a glass coating or glaze giving the covered object the appearance of this stone. 1
- noun tiger's-eye a golden brown silicified variety of crocidolite, used as an ornamental stone 0
- noun tiger's-eye a glaze resembling this, used on pottery 0
- noun tiger's-eye a semiprecious, yellow-brown stone, silicified crocidolite, used for ornament 0
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Origin of tiger's-eye
First appearance:
before 1890 One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95
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Parts of speech for Tiger's-eye
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tiger's-eye popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 67% 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.
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