umber
an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber ) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber ).
the color of such a pigment; dark dusky brown or dark reddish brown.
Ichthyology. the European grayling, Thymallus thymallus.
North England Dialect. shade; shadow.
of the color umber.
to color with or as if with umber.
Origin of umber
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How to use umber in a sentence
It’s crisp but not too cold, the leaves recently changed from verdant green to shades of umber and crimson, and they’re gently falling all around you.
The eggs number from four to six, and are of a grey colour, speckled with light umber-brown.
Birds' Nests, Eggs and Egg-Collecting | Richard KeartonThe eggs number two, dark olive-brown, or buffish-brown, spotted somewhat sparingly with blackish-brown and umber-brown.
Birds' Nests, Eggs and Egg-Collecting | Richard KeartonThe tapestries of the wall were umber and gold; the hangings of the bed and windows were a modulated purple.
The Bastonnais | John LesperanceNot now could the lure of his well-loved ocean appeal to him, for all the wonders of the umber and dull orange west.
Cursed | George Allan England
Ground color of upperparts deep umber-brown, very finely and densely vermiculated; chest barred with bright tawny brown and black.
Color Key to North American Birds | Frank M. Chapman
British Dictionary definitions for umber
/ (ˈʌmbə) /
any of various natural brown earths containing ferric oxide together with lime and oxides of aluminium, manganese, and silicon: See also burnt umber
any of the dark brown to greenish-brown colours produced by this pigment
short for umber moth
obsolete
shade or shadow
any dark, dusky, or indefinite colour
of, relating to, or stained with umber
Origin of umber
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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