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coloring
noun 5adj 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
adult, all, deep, fun, international, lay, limp, over
VERB + COLORING
gave, hates, let's, seen, skinned, started, stopped
COLORING + NOUN
company, eggs, gnt, group, hair, italians, mary, picture
PREP.
from, with
ADV.
then
Definitions
adj
1
That colors something.
2
That conveys or imparts color.
noun
1
An act or process which applies color.
2
Any substance used to give color.
Our cookies contain no artificial flavorings or colorings.
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday a series of measures to phase out eight artificial food dyes and colorings from America's food supply by the end of next year. […] The proposal also outlined a commitment for companies to supply food for school lunches that does not include artificial dyes or coloring.
3
The appearance as to color.
The Rolands, both U.S.-educated lawyers with faculty positions in the national law school, are olive skinned, with the coloring of some Italians or Sephardic Jews.
4
A disguise or discoloration.
5
An assignment of a color to each vertex of a graph, usually such that no two vertices connected by an edge are given the same color.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Our cookies contain no artificial flavorings or colorings.
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The Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday a series of measures to phase out eight artificial food dyes and colorings from America's food sup
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The Rolands, both U.S.-educated lawyers with faculty positions in the national law school, are olive skinned, with the coloring of some Italians or Sephardic Jews.
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Her coloring book lay limp, jagged with angular pink scribbles.
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My daughters are coloring all over the walls.
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Carmine is a deep red food coloring obtained from an insect called the cochineal.
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