Meaning of ochre | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.
   countable, uncountable
2. A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour.
   countable, uncountable
3. The stop codon sequence "UAA".
   colloquial, countable, uncountable
4. Money, especially gold.
   countable, dated, slang, uncountable
5. Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus Trapezites.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“‘What does he come here cheeking us for, then?’ cried Master Kidderminster, showing a very irascible temperament. ‘If you want to cheek us, pay your ochre at the doors and take it out.’”

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