Orange

Quick meaning: Orange is a noun meaning (countable) An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).

Meaning

(countable) An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).

More Meanings

1. (countable) Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.
2. (uncountable) The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
3. (uncountable) Various drinks:
4. (heraldry) An orange-coloured roundel.
5. Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.
6. (transitive) To colour orange.
7. (intransitive) To become orange.

Example Sentences

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I looked at him through my binoculars, his little lips oranged with Cheeto dust.

Jeff winked his eyes sleepily open and looked out into the cool flush of early morning. The east was oranged over with daybreak.

It is this composition which reaches a colourist perfection in Le Bonheur with the complementarity of violet, purple and oranged gold

Word Forms

• oranges
• oranger
• orangest
• oranging
• oranged

Synonyms for orange

Depending on context, synonyms include amber, coral, ginger, gold, topaz, yellow-red.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include orangeness, orangish, colored, chromatic, yellow, amber.

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