Umber

Word UMBER
Character 5
Hyphenation um ber
Pronunciations /ˈʌmbə/

Definitions and meanings of "Umber"

What do we mean by umber?

A natural brown earth containing ferric oxide and manganese oxides, used as pigment. noun

Any of the shades of brown produced by umber in its various states. noun

Of or related to umber. adjective

Having a brownish color. adjective

To darken with or as if with umber. transitive verb

To color with umber, or as with umber; shade or darken.

Shade. noun

A fish, the grayling. See Thymallus. noun

The umber-bird. noun

Same as umbrel, 3. noun

A natural pigment somewhat resembling an ocher, but darker and browner, due to the presence of oxid of manganese. noun

Of a brown color; dark; dusky.

Of or pertaining to umber; resembling umber; olive-brown; dark brown; dark; dusky. adjective

A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before being used, and is then called burnt umber; when not heated, it is called raw umber. See Burnt umber, below. noun

An umbrere. noun

See Grayling, 1. noun

An African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the storks and herons. It is dull dusky brown, and has a large occipital crest. Called also umbrette, umbre, and umber bird. noun

A pigment made by burning raw umber, which is changed by this process from an olive brown to a bright reddish brown. noun

A brown pigment obtained from lignite. See Cologne earth. noun

A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.

A grayling.

A dusky brown African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the shoebill and herons; a hamerkop.

A flaiming furry homosexual. Urban Dictionary

Erotically retarded. retarded in the way that you don't understand erotic situations. created by ant Urban Dictionary

A word used by one kid when another kid does something bad. Urban Dictionary

New mexican trouble Urban Dictionary

A hot, sexy , pretty girl! Who is smart and can win anyones heart Urban Dictionary

Really pretty funny sweet and smart girl. She never starts fights p, she is really sweet and is always there for you as a grat friend! She is sooo sexy and so pretty and sexy especially in her ''bellly tops'', her cheerleading stuff and shorts, Urban Dictionary

A coded method of relating that one needs to defecate. See also amber alert. Urban Dictionary

A fat over weight insignificant twat that thinks he has it all, but really has nothing going for him. Blows off all the proper boys Urban Dictionary

Misspronounced umbrella. Now taken up by MTV hosts, as a catchphrase in reference to Rihanna's newest single. Attempt at creating innuendo, yet a miserable failiure. Urban Dictionary

Much like the Umbrella, but more umber-ella ish. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Umber

The word "umber" in example sentences

No, burnt umber, which is the colour of the tattered shorts my dad used to wear. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I overpainted that once with raw umber, which is a dark yellowish brown, and on top of that I put mixtures of yellow ochre, and then I scratched through all the layers with a piece of metal comb. ' ❋ Josh Spilker (2010)

Anyway, that grass … I overpainted that once with raw umber, which is a dark yellowish brown, and on top of that I put mixtures of yellow ochre, and then I scratched through all the layers with a piece of metal comb. ' ❋ Francis, Dick, 1920- (1996)

And our flesh maketh us say to Christ, In thine umber, that is, in thy passion, in which Jesu Christ was obscure, dark and despised, we shall live by continual memory. ❋ 1230-1298 (1900)

-- "Dark sooty brown above, slightly tinged with deep umber, which is most distinct on the sides of the head and neck, and in reflected light; the under parts are like the upper, only the brown tint is almost absent; the whiskers are black, and tail very sparsely haired" (_Anderson_). ❋ Robert Armitage Sterndale (1870)

Since then there have been also discovered umber, which is an earth-colour, giallo santo, [23] the smalts both for fresco and for oils, and some vitreous greens and yellows, wherein the painters of that age were lacking. ❋ Giorgio Vasari (1542)

To compensate for its thus fading, it should be mixed with pigments that are permanent, such as umber and lamp black. ❋ George Field (N/A)

His tastes mellowed by then, no longer sporting burnt umber mock turtles and leisure suits but instead button up shirts and suit jackets. ❋ Greygirlbeast (2010)

Despite concerns about inflation and corruption, the n umber of foreign companies that invested in India rose to an unprecedented $16.9 billion in the first quarter of this year. ❋ Deals India Staff (2011)

An internal light source emits a lambent umber glow so that, in the gallery's dimly lit corner in which it sits, it looks like a meteor that just cratered into the floor. ❋ James Scarborough (2011)

You were stale as cigar butts and the thought of our thrashing was sticky umber. ❋ Jane Flett (2011)

Less expensive than those in the castle, the room had umber walls, peridot-colored quilted drapes and a fireplace topped by a plasma TV. ❋ Rachel Dodes (2011)

I thought I wanted a dark green but then saw a slab of streakily wavering, striated peach and grey and umber that resembled ancient dry riverbeds seen from the air. ❋ Annie Proulx (2011)

Pavilion dv7 laptops look as good as they perform, with a beautiful, smoothly contoured umber or silver metal chassis and fine detailing on the lid. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The tall trees shadowing the road were a canopy of fall colors, a mix of golden hues, deep umber, and bright red. ❋ Anne Canadeo (2011)

Nothing moves, though two switch engines chuckle on a siding, their exhaust an umber wash. ❋ William Doreski (2011)

The sun was just setting, illuminating the redbrick buildings and the melting snow in the courtyard with an umber light. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A charmer with glinty umber eyes and a disarming crescent grin, his acceptance was doled out in niblets, treats passed to dogs standing stiff before the judges, trained to gladly suffer the verbal public flayings endured in between. ❋ Thomas Pluck (2011)

[That guy] is SUCH an umber ❋ SomeVee (2005)

dude 1 - "oh look, [cleavage]." dude 2 - "thats [boobs], not cleavage. [dumbass]." dude 1 - "you umber." ❋ Umberest. (2010)

[Umbers]! I'm gonna [tell] [the teacher]. ❋ Vinreo (2005)

umbers im [telling] [the teacher] [on you] ❋ The Person Who Exists (2022)

[That girl] is an Umber ❋ <3 Me Or Hate Me (2010)

[Damn] [that girl] is such am [umber] ❋ Omgitsmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (2013)

Woman:(driving) [We need] to [pull over] some place clean. Man: [Umber Alert]? Woman: Word. ❋ Twunch (2007)

Your [a bit] of an [umbers] [You twat]! ❋ Lad (2004)

[Rihanna] in video/audio. Note the nasal [tones]. MTV Host. "It's rainin' [heaps on] set, better get out your umber-ellas !"*cannned laughter* ❋ Gekkondae (2007)

[I am] having umber-ella [issues] [this morning] ❋ Spandy (2005)

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