teal
IPA: tˈiɫ
noun
- (countable) Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.
- (countable, uncountable) A dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan.
- (countable, Australia, politics, chiefly attributive) A teal independent.
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- A ghost town in Cole County, Missouri, United States.
- (historical) Initialism of Tasman Empire Airways Limited, the forerunner to Air New Zealand
- Abbreviation of triethylaluminium. [(organic chemistry) A volatile organometallic compound (Al₂(C₂H₅)₆ or Al₂Et₆) used in various chemical processes and as an ignitor for jet and rocket engines.]
adjective
- Having a bluish-green colour.
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Examples of "teal" in Sentences
- The word teal sounded just as odd, as foreign, as yoga.
- The mostly black cards are lovely, the touch of teal is beautiful.
- Feel free, then, to make this David in teal vs. Goliath in pinstripes.
- That's already been done in teal by teammate Evgeni Nabokov - and Toskala also found the net before.
- In his 1,208th career game, Lemieux got his first penalty minutes in teal with his first scrap in about eight years, by his own count.
- They quickly proposed a Chadian husband for me, and showed me the Chadian version of the women's day wear -- it comes in teal there -- sweet!
- Selanne, a San Jose favorite during his 2 1/2 seasons in teal, scored his 82nd point in 54 career games against the Sharks with his fast-break goal.
- The only way in the world to serve a canvas-back or a mallard, or a sprig, or even the toothsome teal, is as follows: The plucked bird should be stuffed with a tight handful of plain raw celery and, in a piping oven, roasted variously 8,9,10, or even 11 minutes, according to the size of bird and heat of oven.
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