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# tawny

adjective (tawny, tawnier, tawniest); noun (tawny — rare)

«tawny» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Tawny describes a warm orange-brown or yellowish-brown colour, like a lion's fur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tawny/#m1)
2. A tawny owl is a common brown owl in Britain and Europe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tawny/#m2)
3. Tawny port is a kind of brown wine (for adults). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tawny/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in stories and descriptions of animals, autumn leaves and hair; in science lessons about British wildlife, the tawny owl («twit-twoo» calls); it tells the reader about colour.

### Examples

- The lion shook its tawny mane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tawny/#x1)
- A tawny owl hooted in the woods at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tawny/#x2)
- Her tawny hair glowed in the sunshine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tawny/#x3)
- The hills were tawny with dry grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tawny/#x4)
- The tawny frogmouth is an Australian bird. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tawny/#x5)
- Oh, come with me, Connla of the Fiery Hair, ruddy as the dawn with thy tawny skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tawny/#x6)

### Note

Mostly used before a noun: «a tawny cat». Fun fact: the famous «twit-twoo» is often two tawny owls calling to each other, a female «twit» and a male «twoo».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tawny» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tawny/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tawny» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tawny.html) on Mova free.