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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
suntan
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
suntan lotion
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A man whose name is so synonymous with a suntan that it is a running joke in Doonesbury?
▪ But only about one person in three gets a good suntan from a sunbed alone.
▪ Facts and Fictions about suntans Fiction: A sun tan is healthy.
▪ Greg acquires a suntan whilst doing a spot of corporate yachting.
▪ In time the marks will fade, but a golden suntan will give a short-term disguise.
▪ One of the first suntan lotions was Bain de Soleil.
▪ Surf and suntans, antipodean accents, endless brothers and sisters cropping up out of nowhere are all part of the appeal.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
suntan

also sun-tan, 1821, from sun (n.) + tan (v.). Related: Suntanned; suntanning. As a noun from 1888. Originally an indication of outdoor laboring; considered as an enhancement to beauty or proof of idleness from 1920s: F.L. Allen, chronicler of the decade ("Only Yesterday"), notes 1929 as the year that "on the sands of a thousand American beaches, girls pulled down the shoulder-straps of their bathing suits to acquire fashionably tanned backs ...."

Wiktionary
suntan

n. In humans a brown or darkened coloration of the skin caused by exposure to ultraviolet light. vb. 1 To obtain a suntan by exposure to ultraviolet light. 2 To attempt to obtain a suntan.

WordNet
suntan

n. a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun [syn: tan, sunburn, burn]

suntan

v. get a tan from being exposed to the sun

Wikipedia
Suntan

Suntan may refer to:

  • Sun tanning
  • Suntan (apple), a cultivar
  • The Lockheed CL-400 Suntan concept aircraft
Suntan (apple)

Suntan is an English cultivar of domesticated apple that have earned the Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1999.

It is said to be a somatic hybrid between the very popular Cox's Orange Pippin which is very popular in England for its delicious taste but is susceptible to many diseases, and the Court Pendu Plat. It produces medium to large fruit, with attractive skin of golden yellow background which is flushed and striped with orange red, and some russeting. The interior flesh is cream yellowish, with a rather crisp and coarse texture, still fairly juicy. Taste can be too sharp when picked but mellows in storage.

Is somewhat susceptible to powdery mildew and to canker, but for those who like the intense taste, it is worth the hassle.

Suntan (1976 film)

Suntan ( English: Progeny) is a 1976 Bollywood, drama film produced & directed by Mohan Segal on Delux Films banner. Starring Jeetendra, Rekha, Ashok Kumar in the lead roles and music composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. The film is a remake of Telugu Movie Tata Manavadu (1972), starring S. V. Ranga Rao, Raja Babu, Vijaya Nirmala in pivotal roles.

Usage examples of "suntan".

Spitefully he grinned wider, as if it warmed the cockles of his heart, when Prew stripped off his suntans and turned them in and put on the fatigues.

They came downstairs to catch one fleeting glimpse of the departing recon with the city police mustard, the Shatter suntan and black brassard, and the dark conservative business suits that were more of a uniform than either of the others, and were fallen in and counted off and given another check roll call, and then were herded into the open trucks to find Pvt Icl Bloom and one other Pvt Icl from the NCO School sitting disconsolately waiting for them.

I mean nine months from last month when you and Mae were in Antigua working so hard on your suntans.

Descending, I opened the back door, shoved aside file folders, a pair of golf shoes stuffed with audiotapes, two Burger King bags, and a squeeze tube of suntan lotion, and wedged my computer into the newly created space.

The marina was bustling as captains and deckhands secured their boats and unhappy fishermen hurried back down the piers, hauling coolers and bags filled with suntan oil and cameras.

We wanted just to bum around, doing nothing in particular, but ended up bumping into loads of blokes with suntans and swapping horror stories.

She rolled a towel around a bottle of suntan lotion, slipped on a pair of dark glasses, and went down to the beach for a swim and a nice, long session under the early summer sun.

I am a standard, no-frills Earthling, but Goodney, in his white suit, suntan and sliding blond hair, stood out like a pink elephant among the sin-sick funeral directors lurking and cruising against the blood-coloured walls.

Yeah, I know, you think I can't keep score, you think I'm sitting here trying to get a suntan?

Bechtol's offices are full of suntans and laser printers and razzle-dazzleand the employees look fabulouskiller eggheads who no doubt had chocolate cake and martinis for breakfast.

So Trisha put on the suntan lotion instead-it might keep at least the minges away-and then returned everything to her pack.

You get on the plane in Misky Bay, there’s so much ice on the wings and the wind from hell you doubt the plane can make it, but it does, and when it glides down and lands, when they throws open the door, my son, I want to tell you the smell of hot summer and suntan oil and exhaust fumes make you cry with pleasure.

I could have any or all of them instead of panting along behind Miss Tin Knickers, But an hour later he was partnering her in the mixed doubles deck quoit championships, or smoothing suntan oil on that flawless finely muscled back with fingers that trembled with agonized desire, or trying to keep level with her in a discussion of the merits and demerits of the government's plans to disenfranchise the coloured voters of the Cape Province.

This man looked to be a strong and hearty sixty, or possibly seventy - an outdoor man, with a permanent' suntan and the scars that come from sun damage.

This man looked to be a strong and hearty sixty, or possibly seventy -- an outdoor man, with a permanent' suntan and the scars that come from sun damage.