Tincture

What do we mean by tincture?

A coloring or dyeing substance; a pigment. noun

An imparted color; a tint. noun

A quality that colors, pervades, or distinguishes. noun

A trace or vestige. noun

An alcohol solution of a nonvolatile medicine. noun

A metal, color, or fur. noun

To stain or tint with a color. transitive verb

To infuse, as with a quality; impregnate. transitive verb

To imbue with color; impart a shade of color to; tinge; tint; stain.

To give a peculiar taste, flavor, or character to; imbue; impregnate; season.

To taint; corrupt.

The color with which anything is imbued or impregnated; natural or distinctive coloring; tint; hue; shade of color. noun

In heraldry, one of the metals, colors, or furs used in heraldic achievements. noun

Something exhibiting or imparting a tint or shade of color; colored or coloring matter; pigment. noun

Infused or derived quality or tone; distinctive character as due to some intermixture or influence; imparted tendency or inclination: used of both material and immaterial things; in alchemy, etc., a supposed spiritual principle or immaterial substance whose character or quality may be infused into material things, then said to be tinctured : as, tincture of the “Red Lion.” noun

A shade or modicum of a quality or of the distinctive quality of something; a coloring or flavoring; a tinge; a taste; a spice; a smack: as, a tincture of garlic in a dish. noun

A fluid containing the essential principles or elements of some substance diffused through it by solution; specifically, in medicine, a solution of a vegetable, an animal, or sometimes a mineral substance, in a menstruum of alcohol, sulphuric ether, or spirit of ammonia, prepared by maceration, digestion, or (now most commonly) percolation. noun

Bitter tincture. noun

To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter. transitive verb

To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything foreign to; to tinge. transitive verb

A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes.

A tint, or an added colour.

A colour or metal used in the depiction of a coat of arms.

An alcoholic extract of plant material, used as a medicine.

A small alcoholic drink.

An essential characteristic.

The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent.

A slight taste superadded to any substance.

A slight quality added to anything; a tinge.

Words that are spelled similarly to tincture:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe tincture:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective tincture:
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Words that sound like tincture:
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