tropical
Use Tropical in a sentence
ɪ adjective
1.
2.
very hot and humid: a tropical climate.
3.
designed for use in the tropics or in very hot weather (often used in combination): tropical-weight woolens.
4.
of or pertaining to either or both of the astronomical tropics.
noun
6.
tropicals, lightweight clothing, suitable for warm, especially summer weather.
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Tropical
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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tropical (ˈtrɒpɪkəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | situated in, used in, characteristic of, or relating to the tropics |
| 2. | (of weather) very hot, esp when humid |
| 3. | rhetoric of or relating to a trope |
| tropi'cality | |
| —n | |
| 'tropically | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
Genomes of three tropical parasites are sequenced.
Something new is happening under the tropical sun in this metropolis by the sea.
For people in tropical areas where insect repellents and insecticides control mosquito-borne disease, it's a pressing concern.
The relentless destruction of their tropical-forest habitat has endangered their entire species.
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