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CERISE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A red the color of ripe cherries
Synonyms:
cerise; cherry; cherry red
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("cerise" is a kind of...):
red; redness (red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood)
Derivation:
cerise (of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
Synonyms:
blood-red; carmine; cerise; cherry; cherry-red; crimson; red; reddish; ruby; ruby-red; ruddy; scarlet
Classified under:
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
Derivation:
cerise (a red the color of ripe cherries)
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