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1. (n.) umber
a brown earth, largely oxides of iron and manganese, used as a pigment.
2. umber
the color of such a pigment; dark dusky brown or dark reddish brown.
3. umber
the European grayling,
Thymallus thymallus.
4. (adj.) umber
of the color umber.
5. (v.t.) umber
to color with or as if with umber.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME umbre, umber shade, shadow < OF umbre < L umbra; in sense "earth" < F terre d'ombre or It terra di ombra)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) umber
an earth pigment
2. (adj) chocolate, coffee, deep brown, umber, burnt umber
a medium brown to dark-brown color
3. (adj) umber
of the color of any of various natural brown earth pigments
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1. (adj) umber
of or pertaining to umber; resembling umber; olive-brown; dark brown; dark; dusky
2. (noun) umber
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
3. (noun) umber
an umbrere
4. (noun) umber
see Grayling, 1
5. (noun) umber
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
6. (verb) umber
to color with umber; to shade or darken; as, to umber over one's face
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