ochre

[ oh-ker ]

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noun, adjective, verb (used with object),o·chred, o·chring.

ocher.

Other words from ochre

o·chre·ous [oh-ker-uhs, oh-kree-uhs], /ˈoʊ kər əs, ˈoʊ kri əs/, o·chrous [oh-kruhs], /ˈoʊ krəs/, o·chry [oh-kree], /ˈoʊ kri/, adjective

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How to use ochre in a sentence

This overlook, near the visitor center, stares down into the maw of the striped ochre walls as they plunge 800 feet to the canyon floor below.
The Best View in Every State | awise | January 10, 2022 | Outside Online
The toilet area is painted an ochre color, darker than the rest of the dorm.
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It has faded from pixelated gray to rusted ochre, fringed on the edges with black sweat grease.
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The ochre spaghetti you get looks steampunk, but tastes just fine.
Tales of a Jailhouse Gourmet: How I learned to Cook in Prison | Daniel Genis | June 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Our guide, Mouha, glanced up at the trail that disappeared far into the ochre uplands.
On Foot in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco | Joanna Eede | January 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

In this 1962 painting, called “ochre and Black,” Gottlieb shows us pulling a face.
AbEx with a Human Face | Blake Gopnik | April 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Burnt ochre, which is very serviceable in stucco work, is made as follows.
Ten Books on Architecture | Vitruvius
Into this they pour chalk and bray it, obtaining the colour of Attic yellow ochre.
Ten Books on Architecture | Vitruvius
Brick dust and yellow ochre are sometimes found as adulterants.
Field's Chromatography | George Field
The female must content herself with burnt sienna back-covering which comes down onto her ochre-coloured belly.
The Natural Philosophy of Love | Remy de Gourmont
"Churinga" in Australia are greased with the natural moisture of the palm of the hand, and rubbed with red ochre.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 | Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for ochre

ochre

US ocher

/ (ˈəʊkə) /

noun

any of various natural earths containing ferric oxide, silica, and alumina: used as yellow or red pigments
- a moderate yellow-orange to orange colour
- (as adjective): an ochre dress

verb

(tr) to colour with ochre

Origin of ochre

C15: from Old French ocre, from Latin ōchra, from Greek ōkhra, from ōkhros pale yellow

Derived forms of ochre

ochreous (ˈəʊkrɪəs, ˈəʊkərəs), ochrous (ˈəʊkrəs), ochry (ˈəʊkərɪ, ˈəʊkrɪ), US ocherous or ochery, adjective
ochroid (ˈəʊkrɔɪd), adjective

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