black-and-tan

1. 1.

   having a pattern of black and tan

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Questions about black-and-tan

What does black-and-tan mean?

black-and-tan means "having a pattern of black and tan".

How many syllables are in black-and-tan?

black-and-tan has 3 syllables and divides as blac-k-and--tan under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is black-and-tan a common word?

black-and-tan is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.