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In some senses, ochre is marked as dated, slang, obsolete, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
deep, favourite, used, warm
VERB + OCHRE
colour, found, glowed, pay, shade
OCHRE + NOUN
doors, evening, ritual
PREP.
in
noun
A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.
A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour.
The stop codon sequence "UAA".
Money, especially gold.
‘What does he come here cheeking us for, then?’ cried Master Kidderminster, showing a very irascible temperament. ‘If you want to cheek us, pay your ochre at the doors and take it out.’
Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus Trapezites.
adj
Having a yellow-orange colour.
Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre.
verb
To cover or tint with ochre.
[…] his eye was caught by the sight of one child in a group of smaller children playing in the shallows some little distance down—a white child, so white by contrast with the others that at first he thought it must be ochred, which it could not be while playing in the water.
The sun gloats in the sky, casting a gleam on the pasture where there was so much umbering and ochreing only moments before.
‘What does he come here cheeking us for, then?’ cried Master Kidderminster, showing a very irascible temperament. ‘If you want to cheek us, pay your ochre at the doors and take it out.’
Wiktionary[…] his eye was caught by the sight of one child in a group of smaller children playing in the shallows some little distance down—a white child, so white by contrast with the others that at first he t
WiktionaryThe sun gloats in the sky, casting a gleam on the pasture where there was so much umbering and ochreing only moments before.
Wiktionary"What's your favourite colour? Do you have a favourite colour?" "My favourite colour is ochre."
Tatoeba · #11094083The cliffs glowed a deep ochre in the evening sunlight.
Tatoeba · #13573793She painted the walls a warm shade of ochre to make the room feel inviting.
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In some senses, ochre is marked as dated, slang, obsolete, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.