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Word entry · 5 letters

umber

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"Brown earth pigment"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈʌmbə/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted bemruStarts with UEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
1U2M3B4E5R

Definitions

  1. Natural brown earth pigment color.

Word origin

From Middle French ombre (“umber”), from terre d'ombre (“dark ochre”), from Old French umbre (“shade, shadow”), from Latin umbra. Doublet of umbra.

Used in a sentence

  • I'll put myself in poor and mean attire, And with a kind of umber smirch my face; The like do you; so shall we pass along, And never stir assailants.
  • Their harps are of the umber shade / That hides the blush of waking day.
  • Armies o'er armies heap'd, the locusts came, Like clouds in autumn umbering all the sky […]

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