Antonyms for tarn

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tahrn

Phonetic Transcription : tɑrn

Definition of tarn

Origin : mid-13c., from Old Norse tjorn "small mountain lake without tributaries," from Proto-Germanic *terno, perhaps originally "water hole." A dialectal word popularized by the Lake poets.

As in lake : noun inland body of water
As in pool : noun collection of liquid
As in reservoir : noun accumulation, repository

Example sentences :

St. nimie is not once mentioned, and nothing is said about the gorges of the Tarn.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

The Causse Noir from the Tarn is a sight not soon forgotten.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

They are as safe in their tarn as those enchanted fish of the “Arabian Nights.”
Extract from : « Angling Sketches » by Andrew Lang

One evening in August, a warm, still evening, I happened to visit the tarn.
Extract from : « Angling Sketches » by Andrew Lang

They walked quietly on till the tarn was left some way behind.
Extract from : « Feats on the Fiord » by Harriet Martineau

He pointed to a fair-haired child wading by the side of the tarn.
Extract from : « Big Game » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

The forfeit is held over them, and each of them stoops in tarn.
Extract from : « The Ned M'Keown Stories » by William Carleton

In April, 1886, lightning did great damage in the church at Montredon (Tarn).
Extract from : « Thunder and Lightning » by Camille Flammarion

Tones like those produced by a harmonica are heard from the tarn.
Extract from : « Plays by August Strindberg, Fourth Series » by August Strindberg

During this scene the beltlike tones from the tarn continue.
Extract from : « Plays by August Strindberg, Fourth Series » by August Strindberg

Synonyms for tarn

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