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tamp /tæ mp/ (tamps , tamping , tamped ) VERB If you tamp something, you press it down by tapping it several times so that it becomes flatter and more solid. □ [V n with adv] Then I tamp down the soil with the back of a rake. □ [V n prep/adv] Philpott tamped a wad of tobacco into his pipe. [Also V n]

tam|per /tæ mpə ^r / (tampers , tampering , tampered ) VERB If someone tampers with something, they interfere with it or try to change it when they have no right to do so. □ [V + with ] I don't want to be accused of tampering with the evidence.

tam|pon /tæ mpɒn/ (tampons ) N‑COUNT A tampon is a tube made of cotton wool that a woman puts inside her vagina in order to absorb blood during menstruation.

tan /tæ n/ (tans , tanning , tanned )

1 N‑SING If you have a tan , your skin has become darker than usual because you have been in the sun. □  She is tall and blonde, with a permanent tan.

2 VERB If a part of your body tans or if you tan it, your skin becomes darker than usual because you spend a lot of time in the sun. □ [V ] I have very pale skin that never tans. □ [V n] Leigh rolled over on her stomach to tan her back. ●  tanned ADJ □  Their skin was tanned and glowing from their weeks at the seaside.

3 COLOUR Something that is tan is a light brown colour. □  …a tan leather jacket.

4 VERB To tan animal skins means to make them into leather by treating them with tannin or other chemicals. □ [V n] …the process of tanning animal hides.

tan|dem /tæ ndəm/ (tandems )

1 N‑COUNT A tandem is a bicycle designed for two riders, on which one rider sits behind the other.

2 PHRASE If one thing happens or is done in tandem with another thing, the two things happen at the same time. □ [+ with ] Malcolm's contract will run in tandem with his existing one.

3 PHRASE If one person does something in tandem with another person, the two people do it by working together. □ [+ with ] He is working in tandem with officials of the Serious Fraud Office.

tan|doori /tæ ndʊə ri/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Tandoori dishes are Indian meat dishes which are cooked in a clay oven.

tang /tæ ŋ/ N‑SING A tang is a strong, sharp smell or taste. □ [+ of ] She could smell the salty tang of the sea.

tan|gent /tæ ndʒ ^ə nt/ (tangents )

1 N‑COUNT A tangent is a line that touches the edge of a curve or circle at one point, but does not cross it.

2 PHRASE If someone goes off at a tangent , they start saying or doing something that is not directly connected with what they were saying or doing before. □  The conversation went off at a tangent.

tan|gen|tial /tændʒe nʃ ^ə l/

1 ADJ If you describe something as tangential , you mean that it has only a slight or indirect connection with the thing you are concerned with, and is therefore not worth considering seriously. [FORMAL ] □  Too much time was spent discussing tangential issues.

2 ADJ If something is tangential to something else, it is at a tangent to it. □ [+ to ] …point T, where the demand curve is tangential to the straight line L.

tan|ge|rine /tæ ndʒəriː n/ (tangerines ) N‑COUNT A tangerine is a small sweet orange.

tan|gible /tæ ndʒ I b ^ə l/ ADJ If something is tangible , it is clear enough or definite enough to be easily seen, felt, or noticed. □  There should be some tangible evidence that the economy is starting to recover. ●  tan|gibly ADV [usu ADV with v, oft ADV adj] □  This tangibly demonstrated that the world situation could be improved.

tan|gle /tæ ŋg ^ə l/ (tangles , tangling , tangled )

1 N‑COUNT A tangle of something is a mass of it twisted together in an untidy way. □ [+ of ] A tangle of wires is all that remains of the computer and phone systems.