Definitions for Orange

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Orange or·ange

Spelling: [awr-inj, or-]

IPA: /ˈɔr ɪndʒ, ˈɒr-/

Orange is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 146 anagrams from letters in Orange (aegnor).

Definitions for Orange

noun

1. a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
2. any white-flowered, evergreen citrus trees of the genus Citrus, bearing this fruit, as C. aurantium (bitter orange, Seville orange, or sour orange) and C. sinensis (sweet orange) cultivated in warm countries.
3. any of several other citrus trees, as the trifoliate orange.
4. any of several trees or fruits resembling an orange.
5. a color between yellow and red in the spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 590 and 610 nm; reddish yellow.
6. Art. a secondary color that has been formed by the mixture of red and yellow pigments.
7. a member of a European princely family ruling in the United Kingdom from 1688 to 1694 and in the Netherlands since 1815.
8. a river in the Republic of South Africa, flowing W from Lesotho to the Atlantic. 1300 miles (2095 km) long.
9. a former small principality of W Europe: now in the SE part of France.
10. a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
11. a city in NE New Jersey, near Newark.
12. a town in SE France, near Avignon: Roman ruins.
13. a city in SE Texas.
14. a town in S Connecticut.
15. Fort. Fort Orange.
16. methyl orange.

adjective

1. of or relating to the orange.
2. made or prepared with oranges or orangelike flavoring:
3. of the color orange; reddish-yellow.
4. prepared or served with slices of orange, orange peel, or an orange-flavored sauce:

Origin of Orange

1300-50; Middle English: the fruit or tree Old French orenge, cognate with Spanish naranja Arabic nāranj Persian nārang Sanskrit nāraṅga

Examples for Orange

There, orange Scott ran the interurban, a turn-of-the-century electric trolley line that connected the boomtown with its exurbs.

It took me 1,015 strokes to see this shade of green in a world of orange, and my jaw nearly dropped.

Scarecrows have been posted atop the lake dressed in orange suits and green hard hats.

How could they turn from me to orange frapp or salted almonds?

It was like slipping on a bit of orange peel in the dark and breaking your leg.

Mr. Milbrey glanced at the two shells of the orange which the butler was then removing.

"With just a dash of orange bitters in it," another might add.

His youngest son, orange Scott, was a rough-and-tumble trickster and a terrible tease.

The flash of orange, the blaze of red, the gleam of green, were what she needed.

He took a final mouthful of orange soda and glanced back at his girlfriend, Hutchins.