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two-tone en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having two colours or shades.
   • a two-tone hair
   • The final outshopping was 55002, which had arrived on October 14 [1980] for a two-month repair, with the usual worksheet taped to its bodyside stating "to be repainted in two-tone green". 2024 January 10, Howard Johnston, “The demise of the 'Deltics'”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 45:
2. (not-comparable) Giving two different sounds, either alternately or simultaneously.
   • The band's funky two-tone sound and infectious energy makes their music enjoyable and their lyrical messages accessible. 1982 August 14, Mary Ann Peacott, Liz Nania, “BT's In Boston”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 5, page 12:
   • a two-tone horn
   • The drivers' cabs are fitted with the latest equipment, including a loudaphone, electric demisters and two-tone horns; provision is made for the fitting of A.W.S. equipment when available. 1962 December, “The Oxted Line diesel-electric multiple-units”, in Modern Railways, page 383:

Descendants

투톤 · ツートン

Synonyms

duocolor · bicoloured · bichrome · dichromatic · bicolour

two-tone en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of 2 Tone (“music genre”).
   alt of 2 Tone