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DISCOLOURATION

Dictionary entry overview: What does discolouration mean?

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

1. a soiled or discolored appearance
2. the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded

Familiarity information: DISCOLOURATION used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DISCOLOURATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A soiled or discolored appearance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

discoloration; discolouration; stain

Context example:

the wine left a dark stain

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

appearance; visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)

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

scorch (a discoloration caused by heat)

bloodstain (a discoloration caused by blood)

iron mold; iron mould (a spot caused the staining with rust or ink)

mud stain (a stain produced by mud)

oil stain (a stain produced by oil)

tarnish (discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation)

Sense 2

discolouration ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

The act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

discoloration; discolouration

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

change of color (an act that changes the light that something reflects)

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