Suntan (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
  2. a light to medium yellow-brown.
  3. a medium orange color.
verb (used with or without object), sun·tanned, sun·tan·ning.
  1. tan1 (defs. 2, 4).
noun
    • a brownish colouring of the skin caused by the formation of the pigment melanin within the skin on exposure to the ultraviolet rays of the sun or a sunlamp
    • (as modifier)
Suntan (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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