Definition of ultramarine Ultramarine
ul•tra•ma•rine
We found 11 definitions of ultramarine from 5 different sources.
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What does ultramarine mean?
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NounPlural: ultramarines |
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| ultramarine - a vivid blue to purple-blue color | ||
| blueness, blue any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae | ||
| ultramarine - blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli | ||
| ultramarine blue | ||
| pigment dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) | ||
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| ultramarine - of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color | ||
| chromatic being or having or characterized by hue | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ultramarine (a.)
Situated or being beyond the sea. - ultramarine (n.)
A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli, but now produced in large quantities by fusing together silica, alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass, colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. Also used adjectively.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ultramarine
ul-tra-ma-rēn′, adj. situated beyond the sea.—n. the most beautiful and durable sky-blue colour, so called either from its intense blue, or from the lapis lazuli, from which it is made, being brought from Asia, beyond the sea
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🔤- ultramarine, noun, singular of ultramarines.
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