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ochre
ochre is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses
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- 1noun
A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors.
- 2noun
A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic ocher or tungstite.
- 3noun
See Ocher.
- 4noun
a moderate yellow-orange to orange color
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- 5noun
any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
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- 6adjective
of a moderate orange-yellow color
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