OCHRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ochre mean? 

• OCHRE (noun)
  The noun OCHRE has 2 senses:

1. any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment

2. a moderate yellow-orange to orange color

  Familiarity information: OCHRE used as a noun is rare.

• OCHRE (adjective)
  The adjective OCHRE has 1 sense:

1. of a moderate orange-yellow color

  Familiarity information: OCHRE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OCHRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

ocher; ochre

Hypernyms ("ochre" is a kind of...):

earth color (a colored mineral used as a pigment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ochre"):

sinoper; sinopia; sinopis (a red ocher formerly used as a pigment)

yellow ocher; yellow ochre (pigment consisting of a limonite mixed with clay and silica)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A moderate yellow-orange to orange color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

ocher; ochre

Hypernyms ("ochre" is a kind of...):

orange yellow; saffron (a shade of yellow tinged with orange)

• OCHRE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a moderate orange-yellow color

Synonyms:

ocher; ochre

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

 Context examples 

The buried were placed in the middle of the cave and a variety of elements were used during the rituals, such as plant materials (branches and trunks), ceramic vessels that must have played an important role given the degree of fragmentation they exhibit, iron oxide ores (‘ochre’).

(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)