Definitions for annattos

annattos an·nat·to

Spelling: [uh-nat-oh, uh-nah-toh]
IPA: /əˈnæt oʊ, əˈnɑ toʊ/

Annattos is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 133 anagrams from letters in annattos (aannostt).

Definitions for annattos

noun

  1. Also called lipstick tree. a small tree, Bixa orellana, of tropical America.
  2. Also, arnatto. a yellowish-red dye obtained from the pulp enclosing the seeds of this tree, used for coloring fabrics, butter, varnish, etc.

Origin of annattos

Borrowed into English from Carib around 1675-85

Examples for annattos

This may be colored with anything desired, like burnt sienna, annatto, or other coloring material.

If the milk was uncolored or colored with annatto the curd when thus treated will be white.

Yellow: Yellow straw is produced in the same manner, using turmeric and annatto only.

annatto is sometimes added to milk to increase its richness of color.

The colour given by annatto approaches very nearly the natural colouring matter of milk fat.

If annatto is present, there will be a reddish-yellow stain on the paper.

Cheese, annatto, bole (Armenian), and other colouring matters.

These are then separately treated with water and pressed, the result being a turmeric water and an annatto water.

Butter is often colored with annatto, saffron, turmeric, marigold or coal-tar colors.

A quantity of turmeric roots and annatto seeds are pounded separately in mortars until they are reduced to a very fine state.

Word Value for annattos
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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