Ocher

Word OCHER
Character 5
Hyphenation o cher
Pronunciations /ˈəʊkə/

Definitions and meanings of "Ocher"

What do we mean by ocher?

Any of several earthy mineral oxides of iron occurring in yellow, brown, or red and used as pigments. noun

A moderate orange yellow, from moderate or deep orange to moderate or strong yellow. noun

A metallic oxid which occurs in the form of an earthy powder or easily crumbled mass: as antimony ocher; bismuth ocher; tungstic ocher. noun

To mark or stain with ocher.

The common name of an important class or natural earths consisting of mixtures of the hydrated sesquioxids of iron with various earthy materials, principally silica and alumina. noun

Money, especially gold coin: so called in allusion to its color. noun

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. noun

A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form. noun

The color of ocher{1}, varying around orange, from more yellowish to more reddish in tint. noun

Alternative spelling of ochre. noun

Any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment noun

A moderate yellow-orange to orange color noun

Of a moderate orange-yellow color adjective

An earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide

A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour

The stop codon sequence "UAA."

Money, especially gold.

Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus Trapezites.

1.a word for a saggy vagina. 2.it can also be used as anythingyou want it to be... 3. it can be used as a profanity/insult Urban Dictionary

A fat cow who tries to show off her fat bewbs on Twitch.tv. You can find her making Sodapoppins offline chat smell bad. Urban Dictionary

Derivative of the phrase "ocheemocheeekolimolidingodingo" which a ghost dog screams in terror, in the book "Scary stories" but can also mean 'loser' and other fun phrases. Basically, if you ever feel the urge to manifest the qualities of a dog within yourself, scream ocherdingos!!! Urban Dictionary

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The word "ocher" in example sentences

These cave artisans had stones for pounding and grinding colorful dirt enriched with a kind of iron oxide to a powder, known as ocher. ❋ JOHN NOBLE WILFORD (2011)

This temple, with its massive pale-ocher shikhara (tower) and assemblage of domes, sits at the edge of a vast seascape glazed over with heat. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Along with a charming yellow ocher and blue fresco, part of a Lares altar found in a Pompeian kitchen, there are silver serving dishes and useful pottery platters and pitchers. ❋ Judy Fayard (2011)

Late autumn, when the leaves have turned a honeyed, soft ocher, is the best time to go. ❋ Will Lyons (2011)

The Granada Palace, ocher red and full of exotic tiles, is located, oddly enough, directly off the Camino de Ronda. ❋ Claudia Ricci (2011)

Single-storied, flat-roofed, baked to a sullen, ocher ugliness, the four long buildings radiating an angry, pitiless heat. ❋ P. G. Sturges (2011)

I flew to Gold Country and trekked to the site of a 19th century hydraulic mining and discovered that I needed to switch from using yellow ocher to yellow made from iron oxide. ❋ David Galenson (2012)

Bernal, Querétaro is a delightfully charming 16th century colonial village, whose buildings are painted in the colors of a Mexican sunset - ocher, soft yellow, sienna, rich orange and dusty rose. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Around the corner from the piazza, a small shop called Petra Sarda sells handmade earthenware in shades of ocher and gray. ❋ Aude Lagorce (2011)

Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei/Fotografica Foglia\ A bronze brazier Off the atrium, a nearly full complement of burnt-sienna and ocher walls was discovered in the triclinium , or dining room, of a country villa near Castellammare di Stabia; their frescoed panels portray Neptune carrying Amymone away on a galloping stallion, Dionysus and Ceres reclining on a seahorse skimming blue waters and a triumphal Dionysian procession led by a satyr. ❋ Judy Fayard (2011)

At the foot of red ocher cliffs in a forest of green oaks, this pretty 16-room stone blue-shuttered Provencal farmhouse, run by native-born Varois Michelin starred chef, Philippe da Silva, is the place for guiltless gorging on generous and artfully authentic cuisine. ❋ Lanie Goodman (2011)

Art aficionados and designer hounds can hide out in stylish private villas at Domaine des And é ols, near Apt, which resembles a lovely but deceptively Provencal-style hamlet of "guest houses" in weathered ocher stone, surrounded by lavender and an olive grove. ❋ Lanie Goodman (2011)

1. "damn that girl had an [OCHER]!" 2. "I would like a nice warm [ocher]!!!" "yeah, thatd be [hella] ocher!" 3. [STUPID BITCH], WHAT AN OCHER! ❋ Bekah Morto (2007)

Can someone [permaban] [that bitch] [Ochere]? ❋ Kappa420 (2014)

[Ocher dingos]! [Meow meow]!!! ❋ Hibbah (2004)

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