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beetroot-red

beetroot-red is the alternative form of beetroot red.

Meaning of beetroot red

Adjective

beetroot red (comparative more beetroot red, superlative most beetroot red)

  1. Of a deep intense purplish red.
    • Bill Nighy is not your usual film star. Gaunt and diffident, he turns beetroot red at the mention of his Man of the Year title (editor's special prize), awarded by GQ magazine and the idea of posing on the red carpets of the Cannes film festival fill him with dread.2011 November 3, Patrick Wintour, Larry Elliott, “Bill Nighy takes Robin Hood tax to the G20”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
    Synonyms:
    beet red

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Forms of beetroot-red

comparativemore beetroot-red
superlativemost beetroot-red

Questions about beetroot-red

What is beetroot-red the alternative form of?
Beetroot-red is the alternative form of beetroot red.

Words near beetroot-red in the dictionary

  1. beetraves
  2. beetroot
  3. beetroot juice
  4. beetroot juices
  5. beetroot red
  6. beetroot-red
  7. beetrooted
  8. beetrooting
  9. beetrootish
  10. beetroots
  11. beetrooty

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