Azure
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈæʒə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Azure is a noun meaning (countable and uncountable) The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
Meaning
(countable and uncountable) The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
More Meanings
- (heraldry) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
- (poetic) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
- Any of various widely distributed lycaenid butterflies of the genus Celastrina.
- Any of various Australasian lycaenid butterflies of the genus Ogyris.
- Lapis lazuli.
- Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.
- Cloudless.
Example Sentences
In robes of azure.
Not like those steps / On heaven's azure.
When Britain first, at Heaven's command / Arose from out the azure main.
In Bb [Glover's Roll], the conventional letter B is used to indicate azure in most items.
Word Forms
- azures
- azuring
- azured
Synonyms for azure
Depending on context, synonyms include cerulean, chromatic, sapphire, colored.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cerulean, sapphire, colored, chromatic, azur, fesse.
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