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taut adjective [ tɔːt ]

• stretched or pulled tight; not slack.
• "the fabric stays taut without adhesive"
Similar: tight, tightly stretched, stretched, rigid, stressed, not slack, not loose,
Opposite: slack, loose,
Origin: Middle English tought ‘distended’, perhaps originally a variant of tough.

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