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POLYCHROME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does polychrome mean?
• POLYCHROME (noun)
The noun POLYCHROME has 1 sense:
1. a piece of work composed of or decorated in many colors
Familiarity information: POLYCHROME used as a noun is very rare.
• POLYCHROME (adjective)
The adjective POLYCHROME has 1 sense:
1. having or exhibiting many colors
Familiarity information: POLYCHROME used as an adjective is very rare.
• POLYCHROME (verb)
The verb POLYCHROME has 1 sense:
1. color with many colors; make polychrome
Familiarity information: POLYCHROME used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A piece of work composed of or decorated in many colors
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("polychrome" is a kind of...):
piece of work; work (a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or exhibiting many colors
Synonyms:
polychromatic; polychrome; polychromic
Similar:
colored; colorful; coloured (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Color with many colors; make polychrome
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
polychrome; polychromise; polychromize
Hypernyms (to "polychrome" is one way to...):
color; color in; colorise; colorize; colour; colour in; colourise; colourize (add color to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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