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OCHRE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A moderate yellow-orange to orange color

Synonyms:

ocher; ochre

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("ochre" is a kind of...):

orange yellow; saffron (a shade of yellow tinged with orange)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment

Synonyms:

ocher; ochre

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("ochre" is a kind of...):

earth color (a colored mineral used as a pigment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ochre"):

sinoper; sinopia; sinopis (a red ocher formerly used as a pigment)

yellow ocher; yellow ochre (pigment consisting of a limonite mixed with clay and silica)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a moderate orange-yellow color

Synonyms:

ocher; ochre

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

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