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talk • a • tive / ' tokstiv / adjective

A person who is talkative likes to talk a lot.

talk show / ' tokJou / noun [ count ]

a television program on which famous people are asked questions and talk about their lives

tall Ф / tol / adjective ( tall - er , tall est )

higher than other people or things a tall tree

Richard is taller than his brother. ^ANTONYM short

You use tall to say or ask how far it is from the bottom to the top of someone or something

How tall are you? She's only 5 feet tall. Style

We use tall , not high , to talk about people: How tall are you? ♦ He's six feet tall.

tam . bou . rine

/ |t®mbs ' rin / noun [count]

( MUSIC ) a round musical instrument with metal disks around the edge. To play it, you hit it or shake it with your hand.

tame1 / teim / adjective ( tam - er , tam est ) A tame animal is not wild and is not afraid of people The birds are so tame they will eat from your hand.

tame 2 / teim / verb ( tames , tam - ing , tamed )

to make a wild animal easy to control; to make something tame

tam • pon / ' trempan / noun [ count ] a small roll of cotton material that a woman puts inside her body to take in and hold the blood that she loses once a month

tan1 / tren / ( also sun - tan ) noun

[ count ] a darker color that your skin has when you have spent time in the sun

to get a tan

[ noncount ] a color between yellow and brown ► tan adjective

You're very tan — have you been on vacation? a tan coat

tan 2 / tren / verb ( tans , tan - ning , tanned )

If your skin tans , it becomes darker because you have spent time in the sun My skin tans really easily.

tan • ger • ine / |trend3s 'rin / noun [ count ]

a fruit like a small sweet orange, with a skin that is easy to take off

tan • gle / ' treggl / noun [ count ]

many things that have become twisted together so that you cannot easily separate the different parts My hair is full of tangles.

►tan • gle verb ( tan - gles , tan - gling , tan - gled )

Does your hair tangle easily? ►tan • gled / ' treggld / adjective

The string is all tangled.

tank / tregk / noun [ count ]

a large container for holding liquid or gas a fuel tank (= in a car )

a strong, heavy vehicle with big guns. Tanks are used by armies in wars.

tank • er / ' tregkar / noun [ count ]

a ship or truck that carries oil or gas in large amounts an oil tanker

tan • trum / ' trentram / noun [ count ]

If a child has a tantrum , they cry and shout because they are angry.

tap 1 / trep / verb ( taps , tap - ping , tapped )

to hit or touch someone or something quickly and lightly She tapped me on the shoulder. I tapped on the window.

tap2 / trep / noun [ count ]

a light hit with your hand or fingers They heard a tap at the door.

a thing that you turn to make something like water or gas come out of a pipe

Turn off the tap.

—SYNONYM faucet

tap dance / ' trep drens / noun [ noncount ]

a type of dance in which you wear special shoes with pieces of metal on them that make sounds as you dance tap-dance verb ( tap-danc - es , tap-danc ing , tap-danced )

ta pe 1 © / teip / noun

[ noncount ] a long, thin piece of material or paper, used for sticking things together

His glasses were held together by tape.

[ count, noncount ] a long, thin piece of plastic material that is used for recording sound, music, or moving pictures, so you can listen to or watch it later

I have the concert on tape . Rewind the tape when you're finished.

tape 2 AWL / teip / verb ( tapes, tap ing , taped )

to fasten something to something else using tape 1 ( 1 ) Tape the label to the package before you mail it.

to put sound, music, or moving pictures on tape 1 ( 2 ) so that you can listen to or watch it later

-►SYNONYM record

tape meas • ure

/ ' teip ime3ar / noun [count ]

a long, thin piece of plastic, cloth, or metal for measuring things