Tropical - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈtrɑːpɪkl|  American pronunciation of the word tropical
Brit.  |ˈtrɒpɪk(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word tropical

adjective

- relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator) (syn: tropic)
tropical islands
tropical fruit
- characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense
- of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics (syn: tropic)
tropical weather

Extra examples

...wanted to escape winter and visit some tropical location where freezing to death would not be a possibility...

...an author given to high-flown tropical phrasings and convoluted symbology...

Spend six nights and seven days on a tropical island in the Caribbean!

...in the thick of winter many Northerners are dreaming of tropical islands...

...the long stay on a tropical isle had debauched the ship's crew to the point where they no longer acted liked naval professionals...

...tourists enjoying the delectations of this tropical paradise for the first time...

...in the thick, fervent air of a tropical afternoon, a languor set in...

...a glasshouse for growing tropical plants...

They chose a tropical island as the locale for their wedding.

...the tropical resort's advertising depicts it as a lotusland of luxury and indolence...

...during his solo crossing of the Atlantic he managed to avoid the fierce oceanic storms that rage in those tropical latitudes...

...a tropical vacation is a surefire rectifier of the midwinter blues...

...slumbering restlessly in the tropical heat...

She is ill with a tropical disease.

The disease occurs chiefly in tropical climates.

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