Ochre

Word OCHRE
Character 5
Hyphenation o chre
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Ochre"

What do we mean by ochre?

See ocher. noun

See ocher. noun

An earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide noun

A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour noun

The stop codon sequence "UAA." noun

Having a yellow-orange colour. adjective

Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre. adjective

To cover with ochre verb

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.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Ochre

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The word "ochre" in example sentences

E'en as a fresco one sees drawn on a wall, painted in ochre, ❋ Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys (1909)

-- This alludes to the mode of taking the tithe of cattle, which were made to pass singly through a narrow gateway, where a person with a rod, dipped in ochre, stood, and counting them, marked the back of every tenth beast, whether male or female, sound or unsound. ❋ Unknown (1871)

But, while the people who shop at Walmart and Target make no bones about their purchases: Oprah books, self-help, Grisham, Dan Brown, Danielle Steel, Koontz, etc. (so those stores only stock those titles), those who shop at Indigo want to feel as though they’re of a certain “lifestyle” (so the store puts in couches and offers lattes) and colours the walls whatever yuppy ochre is current. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For the next five centuries the bodies were finished with red ochre, which is found in abundance near Arica. ❋ Unknown (1998)

Usually the hand is covered with red ochre, which is probably a substitute for blood; and the impression of the hand is made on the wall of a temple in token of a vow. ❋ R. V. Russell (N/A)

Burnt ochre, which is very serviceable in stucco work, is made as follows. ❋ Vitruvius Pollio (N/A)

We shall first set forth the natural colours that are dug up as such, like yellow ochre, which is termed [Greek: ôchra] in Greek. ❋ Vitruvius Pollio (N/A)

Such change cannot take place in ochre, which is altogether a mineral substance. ❋ Unknown (1813)

While the men are out with the cattle, the women spend the day in the village - a few grinding ochre, which is mixed with animal fat and smoothed all over their bodies to protect their skin.

At Marni, the perennial home of the eccentric, unexpected combinations such as ochre Bermuda shorts, knee socks and reading spectacles recall "Little Edie" Beale. ❋ Josh Patner (2010)

Transition of both opal and amber gives ochre which is very resistant to C-T/G-A transition. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Benton, there was a quarry from which a peculiar and scarce kind of ochre was taken. ❋ Samuel Smiles (1858)

The word 'ochre' is very probaby genuine Umbrian, and means, according to ❋ Alexander Von Humboldt (1814)

The foundation of Tuscan style is the use of earthy colors such as ochre, brick and olive and deep green. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Surely the ochre skies and suspect sanitation of China were to blame? ❋ Unknown (2009)

When Sri Swami Satchidananda, ochre-robed, inaugurated the proceedings on August 15, he proclaimed the imminent oneness of everything: “America is becoming a whole!” ❋ Unknown (2009)

The valley is carpeted in fine, pale sand, gray as tarnished silver, patched occasionally with ochre, lemon and purple. ❋ Richard Bangs (2011)

Its artists are renowned for their use of natural ochre and pigments on canvas. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In voiceover, Herzog speculates about the origins of art, about being "locked in history", and the impossibility of bridging the distance that separates his image-making from that of the painters, working in charcoal and red ochre on the cave walls. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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