Definition of "tawny" in English

adjective

1. Of a light brown to brownish orange colour; orangey brown tinged with gold.

verb

1. (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to have a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.

2. (intransitive) To become a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.

noun

1. A light brown to brownish orange colour.

2. Something of a light brown or brownish orange colour (particularly if it has the word tawny in its name).

3. (alcoholic beverages) In full tawny port: a sweet, fortified port wine which is blended and matured in wooden casks.

4. A fabric of a light brown to brownish orange colour.

5. A person with skin of a brown colour.

6. Tawny frogmouth.

7. Tawny owl.