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COBALT BLUE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A shade of blue tinged with green

Synonyms:

aqua; aquamarine; cobalt blue; greenish blue; peacock blue; turquoise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("cobalt blue" is a kind of...):

blue; blueness (blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of cobalt oxide and alumina

Synonyms:

cobalt blue; cobalt ultramarine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("cobalt blue" is a kind of...):

pigment (dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))

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