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UK
/tˈiːl/
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[ US /ˈtiɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈtiɫ/ ]
NOUN
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a blue-green color or pigment
they painted it a light shade of bluish green - any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America
ADJECTIVE
- of a bluish shade of green
How To Use teal In A Sentence
- He tried to steal my wallet, the dirty dog.
- Stealing away, (whence, I suppose, the ironical phrase of trusty Trojan to this day,) like a thief — pretendedly indeed at the command of the gods; but could that be, when the errand he went upon was to rob other princes, not only of their dominions, but of their lives? — Clarissa Harlowe
- There are but three ways of living: by working, by stealing, or by begging.
- He's come back to scrounge a meal and a bed, and he'll be off with what he's managed to steal before daybreak. THE BLACK OPAL
- It features a group of con artists with a modicum of honour: they only steal from the greedy and the morally corrupt.
- The inferior gluteal artery also assists in forming the cruciate anastomosis that forms around the neck and greater trochanter of the femur.
- It has a warmer feel, thanks to teal walls, blonde wood and large light fixtures like softly glowing upside-down umbrellas.
- Andreas was always trying to steal the key so that he could read it.
- She subsequently has to steal, freeload and dumpster-dive to get by. Times, Sunday Times
- Birding could produce a veritable spring of teal.
