umber
umber1 definition
um·ber (um′bər)
noun
- a kind of earth containing oxides of manganese and iron, used as a pigment: raw umber is yellowish-brown; burnt, or calcined, umber is reddish-brown
- a yellowish-brown or reddish-brown color
Etymology: Fr (terre d')ombre < It (terra d')ombra, lit., (earth of) shade, prob. < L umbra, a shade, shadow (but based on ? Umbria)
adjective
of the color of raw umber or burnt umber
transitive verb
to color with or as with umber
umber2 definition
um·ber (um′bər)
noun
- Now Dial. shade; shadow
- a common European grayling (Thymallus thymallus)
Etymology: ME < OFr umbre (Fr ombre) < L umbra: see umber
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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