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RING OF COLOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ring of color mean?
• RING OF COLOR (noun)
The noun RING OF COLOR has 1 sense:
1. small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite
Familiarity information: RING OF COLOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
areola; ring of color
Hypernyms ("ring of color" is a kind of...):
area; region (a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve)
Holonyms ("ring of color" is a part of...):
boob; bosom; breast; knocker; tit; titty (either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman)
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