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FLAME-COLOURED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flame-coloured mean? 

FLAME-COLOURED (adjective)
  The adjective FLAME-COLOURED has 1 sense:

1. having the brilliant orange-red color of flamesplay

  Familiarity information: FLAME-COLOURED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLAME-COLOURED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the brilliant orange-red color of flames

Synonyms:

flame-colored; flame-coloured

Similar:

colored; colorful; coloured (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination)


 Context examples 


Every shade of colour they were—straw, lemon, orange, brick, Irish-setter, liver, clay; but, as Spaulding said, there were not many who had the real vivid flame-coloured tint.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Heavy bands of astrakhan were slashed across the sleeves and fronts of his double-breasted coat, while the deep blue cloak which was thrown over his shoulders was lined with flame-coloured silk and secured at the neck with a brooch which consisted of a single flaming beryl.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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