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ochre
/ˈoʊkɚ/
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What does ochre mean?
noun
- A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.
- A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour.
- The stop codon sequence "UAA".
More meanings (6)
noun
- Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus Trapezites.
- (dated, slang) Money, especially gold.
- (obsolete) Obsolete spelling of okra.
adjective
- Having a yellow-orange colour.
- Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre.
verb
- To cover or tint with ochre.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈoʊkɚ/
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The wall, which was daubed with an ochre yellow wash, was scaling off in large flakes.
When this was all off she painted the girl in different designs with red ochre and white gypsum, principally in spots.
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The green man was hurrying his captive toward a huge thoat that browsed upon the ochre vegetation of the once scarlet-gorgeous plaza.
All these fragments of ochre or manganese, red chalk or black lead, were reduced to powder with the help of pebbles, artificially hollowed out.
The paints might be the best of ochre, ultramarine, or paris green, but they might have no relation to the building as a whole and would be only ludicrous.