What does ochre mean?
Ochre means A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide..
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/ˈəʊkə/ · noun
A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide..
‘What does he come here cheeking us for, then?’ cried Master Kidderminster, showing a very irascible temperament. ‘If you want to cheek us, pay your ochre at the doors and take it out.’
[…] his eye was caught by the sight of one child in a group of smaller children playing in the shallows some little distance down—a white child, so white by contrast with the others that at first he thought it must be ochred, which it could not be while playing in the water.
The sun gloats in the sky, casting a gleam on the pasture where there was so much umbering and ochreing only moments before.
Use ochre when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ochre means A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide..
Common synonyms include chromatic, ocher, colored.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
‘What does he come here cheeking us for, then?’ cried Master Kidderminster, showing a very irascible temperament. ‘If you want to cheek us, pay your ochre at the doors and take it out.’
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