ochre
pronunciation
How to pronounce ochre in British English:
UK ['əʊkə(r)]
How to pronounce ochre in American English:
US [ˈokɚ]
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- Noun:
- any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
- a moderate yellow-orange to orange color
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- Adjective:
- of a moderate orange-yellow color
Word Origin
- ochre (n.)
- type of clayey soil (much used in pigments), late 14c., from Old French ocre (c. 1300) and directly from Late Latin ocra, from Latin ochra, from Greek ochra, from ochros "pale yellow," of unknown origin. As a color name, "brownish-yellow," it is attested from mid-15c. Related: Ochreous.
Example
- 1. They also found ochre , bone , charcoal , grindstones and hammerstones .
- 2. It is also known as ochre sea star .
- 3. Yet in 1991 , the excavation of 77000-year-old beads and engraved shards of red ochre in south africa upended klein 's hypothesis .
- 4. Creating paint from charcoal , iron-rich ochre , crumbled animal bones , and urine meant understanding how materials could combine to form substances with new properties .
- 5. The researchers say the ochre was probably rubbed on quartzite slabs to create a fine powder . It was then mixed and heated with other crushed substances , including other stones or mammal-bone .