Cinnabar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɪn.əˌbɑɹ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cinnabar is a noun meaning A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
Meaning
A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
More Meanings
- A bright red colour tinted with orange.
- (countable) A species of erebid moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
- Synonym of dragon's blood (“type of resin”).
- Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.
Example Sentences
There are a few day-flying exceptions such as hummingbird hawk-moths, silver Ys, cinnabars, scarlet tigers and burnets but, in general, knowledge of moths lags behind that of butterflies.
Word Forms
- cinnabars
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cinnamon, vermilion, minium, metacinnabar, virmilion, vermillion.
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