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    OCHRE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A moderate yellow-orange to orange colorplay

    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 pigmentplay

    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 colorplay

    Synonyms:

    ocher; ochre

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

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