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• santal
  santal

  noun

  sandalwood.
• Santal
  Santal

  noun

  a member of a tribal people who live mainly in the state of Bihar in northeastern India.

santal

¹ American  

[san-tl] / ˈsæn tl /

noun

1. sandalwood.

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Santal ² American  

[suhn-tahl] / sʌnˈtɑl /

noun

plural

Santals,

plural

Santal

1. a member of a tribal people who live mainly in the state of Bihar in northeastern India.

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Etymology

Origin of santal

see origin at sandal ²

Example Sentences

Ta nuque est de santal sur les vifs frissons d'or.

From Memoirs of My Dead Life by Moore, George (George Augustus)

By a "phonetic" error, santal is often printed "sandal," and "sandel."

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus

Some are fragrant oils, as, for example, clove, santal, and thyme; others are fragrant gums, such as gum bezoin and myrrh.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 by Various

With a leaden sense of guilt, but in a fever of impatience, of haste, she stripped off the coarse hemp for her most elaborate satins, her santal and clover and carmine.

From Java Head by Hergesheimer, Joseph

Edward Dunsack recognized the scents that stirred from her, more Eastern and disturbing even than opium: there was a subtle natural odor of musk, the perfumes of henna and clove blossoms and santal.

From Java Head by Hergesheimer, Joseph