Definitions for ochres

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ochres o·chre

Spelling: [oh-ker]

IPA: /ˈoʊ kər/

Ochres is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 117 anagrams from letters in ochres (cehors).

Definitions for ochres

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 ochres

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

Examples for ochres

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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