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ALL meanings of umber

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  • noun 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) 1
  • noun umber the color of such a pigment; dark dusky brown or dark reddish brown. 1
  • noun umber Ichthyology. the European grayling, Thymallus thymallus. 1
  • noun umber North England Dialect. shade; shadow. 1
  • adjective umber of the color umber. 1
  • verb with object umber to color with or as if with umber. 1
  • noun umber brown earth pigment 1
  • adjective umber brown in colour 1
  • colour umber Umber is used to describe things that are yellowish or reddish brown in colour. 0
  • noun umber any of various natural brown earths containing ferric oxide together with lime and oxides of aluminium, manganese, and silicon 0
  • noun umber any of the dark brown to greenish-brown colours produced by this pigment 0
  • noun umber shade or shadow 0
  • noun umber any dark, dusky, or indefinite colour 0
  • adjective umber of, relating to, or stained with umber 0
  • noun umber a kind of earth containing oxides of manganese and iron, used as a pigment: raw umber is yellowish-brown; burnt, or calcined, umber is reddish-brown 0
  • noun umber a yellowish-brown or reddish-brown color 0
  • adjective umber of the color of raw umber or burnt umber 0
  • verb transitive umber to color with or as with umber 0
  • noun umber shade; shadow 0
  • noun umber a common European grayling (Thymallus thymallus) 0
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