🪢taut

adjective
/tɔːt/

Meaning

stretched or pulled tight; tense

Example Sentences

The rope was pulled taut between the two poles.

Synonyms

tight, stretched, strained, tense

Antonyms

loose, slack, relaxed

Collocations

pulled taut, taut rope, taut muscles, held taut

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