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OCHER
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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 ("ocher" 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:
Hypernyms ("ocher" is a kind of...):
earth color (a colored mineral used as a pigment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ocher"):
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:
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)