Definition of ochres Ochres
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What does ochres mean?
Wiktionary 
- ochres (Noun)
Plural of ochre.
Part of speech
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| ochre - of a moderate orange-yellow color | ||
| ocher | ||
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| ochre - any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment | ||
| ocher | ||
| earth color a colored mineral used as a pigment | ||
| sinoper, sinopia, sinopis a red ocher formerly used as a pigment | ||
| ochre - a moderate yellow-orange to orange color | ||
| ocher | ||
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Wiktionary
- ochre (Noun)
An earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide . - ochre (Noun)
A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour. - ochre (Noun)
The stop codon sequence "UAA. ". - ochre (Verb)
To cover with ochre. - ochre (Adjective)
Having a yellow-orange colour. - ochre (Adjective)
Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ochre (n.)
A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors. - ochre (n.)
A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic ocher or tungstite. - ochre (n.)
See Ocher.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ochre
ō′kėr, n. a fine clay, mostly pale yellow, used for colouring walls, &c.: (slang) money, esp. gold.—adjs. O′cherous, Ochrā′ceous, O′chreous, O′chroid, O′chry, consisting of, containing, or resembling ochre. [Fr.,—L. ochra—Gr. ōchra—ōchros, pale yellow.]
Wikipedia 
- Ochre or Ocher is a golden-yellow or light yellowish brown colour. The word is from the Greek "ochros" which means "yellow".
