Definitions for ochre

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ochre o·chre

Spelling: [oh-ker]

IPA: /ˈoʊ kər/

Ochre is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 51 anagrams from letters in ochre (cehor).

Definitions for ochre

noun

1. any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
2. the color of this, ranging from pale yellow to an orangish or reddish yellow.
3. Obsolete. money, especially gold coin.

adjective

1. of the color of ocher.

verb (used with object)

1. to color or mark with ocher.

noun, adjective, verb (used with object)

1. ocher.

Origin of ochre

1350-1400; Middle English oker Old French ocre Latin ōchrā Greek ṓchrā yellow ocher

Examples for ochre

In this 1962 painting, called “ochre and Black,” Gottlieb shows us pulling a face.

Every day I wrote with him, first in red, and then in ochre to give him a rest.

These formulas, however, contained a small percentage of umber and ochre.

There I saw three skulls of men resting on the ochre with which he rubbed his body.

The hill where this earth or ochre is found is called Hgmarkbœrget.

The ochre spaghetti you get looks steampunk, but tastes just fine.

The houses are of all colours from ochre to gray, and all sizes, and all architectures.

Our guide, Mouha, glanced up at the trail that disappeared far into the ochre uplands.

All were profusely painted with chalk, ochre, and vermilion.

To-day, they wear the ochre helmet, and show the profiles of Saracen warriors.