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ocher
or o·chre
[ oh-ker ]
noun
- any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- the color of this, ranging from pale yellow to an orangish or reddish yellow.
- Obsolete. money, especially gold coin.
adjective
- of the color of ocher.
verb (used with object)
, o·chered, o·cher·ing.
- to color or mark with ocher.
ocher
/ ˈəʊkə; ˈəʊkrɔɪd /
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Derived Forms
- ˈocherous, adjective
- ochroid, adjective
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Other Words From
- ocher·ous ocher·y adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ocher1
1350–1400; Middle English oker < Old French ocre < Latin ōchrā < Greek ṓchrā yellow ocher
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Example Sentences
Every feature was sharp and the colors were vivid; ocher, green, and silver gleaming with light.
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Female—The female is much more of an ocher brown than the male, and without the stripe on the neck or the lead color of the bill.
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She shall be veiled to her eyes, with a bit of ocher on her forehead.
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Upper wing-coverts and secondaries fuscous-black (freshly molted feathers blacker) narrowly edged with olive-ocher.
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It is made of white and reddish-brown bark, and sometimes the white ones are colored with red ocher.
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