OCHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ocher mean? 

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

1. a moderate yellow-orange to orange color

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

  Familiarity information: OCHER used as a noun is rare.

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

1. of a moderate orange-yellow color

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OCHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A moderate yellow-orange to orange color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

ocher; ochre

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

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

Sense 2

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 ("ocher" is a kind of...):

earth color (a colored mineral used as a pigment)

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

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)

• OCHER (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a moderate orange-yellow color

Synonyms:

ocher; ochre

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)