What is "tropical" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does tropical mean in English? Meaning of tropical definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "tropical" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "tropical": relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)

Adjective

  • Meaning: relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)
  • Example: tropical islands tropical fruit
  • Synonyms: tropic tropical
  • Similar: equatorial
  • Pronunciation in UK: /ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/

    Meaning of "tropical": of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic

    Adjective

  • Meaning: of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic
  • Example: tropical year
  • Synonyms: tropical
  • Pronunciation in UK: /ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/

    Meaning of "tropical": characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense

    Adjective

  • Meaning: characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense
  • Synonyms: tropical
  • Similar: figurative nonliteral
  • Pronunciation in UK: /ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/

    Meaning of "tropical": of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics

    Adjective

  • Meaning: of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics
  • Example: tropical weather
  • Synonyms: tropic tropical
  • Similar: hot
  • Pronunciation in UK: /ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/

  • Adjective: Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.From or similar to a hot humid climate, e.g. tropical fruit, tropical weather.(dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; metaphorical, figurative. (Can we find and add a quotation of Jeremy Taylor to this entry?) South The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it.South The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it.
  • Synonyms:

    equatorial, lush, hot, sweltering, steamy, sultry, close, sticky, sweaty, torrid, tropic, stifling,

    Antonyms:

    freezing, arctic, cold, cool, frigid, polar,

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    tropical in English: tropical
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