carmine
Collocations
4ADJ.
deep, favourite, favourite, red, used, warm
VERB + CARMINE
color, colour, end, tackled
CARMINE + NOUN
pigment, tingles
ADV.
often
Definitions
noun
A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.
1967, Time, "The Case of the Dubious Dye," 6 January, 1967, https://web.archive.org/web/20130721101257/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,843172,00.html Cases of cubana salmonellosis in three other states were traced to carmine red, and supplies were called in. […] But authorities have been checking other places for carmine red, knowing that it is a favorite coloring in candy, chewing gum, ice cream, cough syrups and drugs. Manufacturers like to use it because of a legal quirk: being a natural rather than a synthetic product, it does not have to be mentioned on labels.
A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.
He wore a great coat in midsummer, being affected with the trembling delirium, and his face was the color of carmine.
I am alive, I guess, / The branches on my hand / Are full of morning-glory, / And at my fingers' end / The carmine tingles warm,
adj
Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.
name
A male given name from Italian.
A surname from Italian.
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61967, Time, "The Case of the Dubious Dye," 6 January, 1967, https://web.archive.org/web/20130721101257/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,843172,00.html Cases of cubana salmonellosis in
WiktionaryHe wore a great coat in midsummer, being affected with the trembling delirium, and his face was the color of carmine.
WiktionaryI am alive, I guess, / The branches on my hand / Are full of morning-glory, / And at my fingers' end / The carmine tingles warm,
WiktionaryCarmine is a deep red food coloring obtained from an insect called the cochineal.
Tatoeba · #799881You tackled Carmine because he was in the way and you ran into him and put your arms around him to keep from falling on your nose.
Tatoeba · #11881642Make up has often used carmine as a pigment to achieve bright red shades.
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