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| um·ber [ úmbər ] |
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1. pigment: pigment or dye made from soil that contains oxides of iron and manganese
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2. soil used for pigments and dyes: a soil that yields umber. It is dark yellowish brown in its natural state raw umber, and dark reddish-brown when roasted burnt umber.
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adjective |
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brown: colored any shade of brown produced by umber pigment
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transitive verb (past and past participle um·bered, present participle um·ber·ing, 3rd person present singular um·bers) |
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paint with umber: to paint or dye something with umber, or color something dark brown
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| [Mid-16th century. Via French terre d'ombre or Italian terra di ombre< Latin umbra "shadow"] |
