umber
an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber ) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber ).
the color of such a pigment; dark dusky brown or dark reddish brown.
Ichthyology. the European grayling, Thymallus thymallus.
North England Dialect. shade; shadow.
of the color umber.
to color with or as if with umber.
Origin of umber
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How to use umber in a sentence
It seemed fraught with startling portent, clouded his spirits, and umbered the rose-tint of his reveries.
Vassall Morton | Francis ParkmanHe was tired of worshipping or tyrannizing over the bistred or umbered beauties of mingled blood among whom he had been living.
Elsie Venner | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
British Dictionary definitions for umber
/ (ˈʌmbə) /
any of various natural brown earths containing ferric oxide together with lime and oxides of aluminium, manganese, and silicon: See also burnt umber
any of the dark brown to greenish-brown colours produced by this pigment
short for umber moth
obsolete
shade or shadow
any dark, dusky, or indefinite colour
of, relating to, or stained with umber
Origin of umber
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