Definitions for Tangerine

Tangerine tan·ge·rine

Spelling: [tan-juh-reen, tan-juh-reen]
IPA: /ˌtæn dʒəˈrin, ˈtæn dʒəˌrin/

Tangerine is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 382 anagrams from letters in Tangerine (aeeginnrt).

Definitions for Tangerine

noun

  1. Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
  2. deep orange; reddish orange.

adjective

  1. of the color tangerine; reddish-orange.

Origin of Tangerine

Tang(i)er + -ine1

Examples for Tangerine

Melt in a pan a lump of butter the size of a tangerine orange and squeeze on it the juice of half a lemon.

There was tangerine Willy, who first met them carrying a bag of oranges.

The Mandarin or tangerine orange has a thin rind which separates easily from the pulp, and is very sweet and rich.

Keep orange, lemon, grape fruit or tangerine cups in cracked ice or ice water until just before serving, then drain and wipe dry.

Put the dried apricots into a saucepan with the water, and add the sugar and juices from the lemon and tangerine or orange.

When she had slowly sucked up that beverage, prodding the slice of tangerine with her straws, they went out and took a cab.

A close second: thinking the public has the I.Q. of a tangerine.

This feat appears to be very difficult, but it is not; the weight of the tangerine helps you.

Well, that taught my father a lesson, and after that he saved all his tangerine peels.

The most popular orange is the tangerine, or kid glove orange as it is sometimes called; many of these are exported.

Word Value for Tangerine
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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