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BNC: 26771 COCA: 32668

tarn

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
tarn /ˈtɑɚn/ noun
plural tarns
tarn
/ˈtɑɚn/
noun
plural tarns
Learner's definition of TARN
[count]
: a small lake among mountains山中小湖
BNC: 26771 COCA: 32668
: a small steep-banked mountain lake or pool

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The lake, a glacial tarn called Roopkund, was more than sixteen thousand feet above sea level, an arduous five-day trek from human habitation, in a mountain cirque surrounded by snowfields and battered by storms. Douglas Preston, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2020 Follow the winding trail toward the base of O'Malley Peak to a striking, dark tarn called Deep Lake. Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2018 In 1951, some 885 square miles of Cumbrian hills and tarns (mountain pools) were designated as a national park, Britain’s largest and, with 18 million annual visitors, its most popular. Kieran Dodds, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2018

Word History

Etymology

Middle English terne, tarne, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse tjǫrn small lake

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tarn was in the 14th century
BNC: 26771 COCA: 32668

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