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: blac-k-and--tan. The stress falls on "blac".

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.