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Meaning of OCHRE

Pronunciation:  'owkur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a moderate yellow-orange to orange color
  2. [n]  any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
  3. [adj]  of a moderate orange-yellow color
 
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 Synonyms: chromatic, ocher, ocher, ocher
 
 See Also: earth color, orange yellow, saffron, sinoper, sinopia, sinopis, yellow ocher, yellow ochre

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\O"chre\, n. (Min.)
See {Ocher}.
 
Glossary
 
 Definition: iron oxide or hematite. Color is commonly reddish-brown to yellow. Used as a natural pigment.
 

 

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