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ULTRAMARINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vivid blue to purple-blue color
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("ultramarine" is a kind of...):
blue; blueness (blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime)
Derivation:
ultramarine (of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli
Synonyms:
ultramarine; ultramarine blue
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ultramarine" is a kind of...):
pigment (dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ultramarine"):
French blue; French ultramarine; French ultramarine blue (ultramarine pigment prepared artificially)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color
Classified under:
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
Derivation:
ultramarine (a vivid blue to purple-blue color)
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