bistre
/ˈbɪstə(ɹ)/US/ˈbɪstɚ/
bistre noun: a brown pigment made from soot, especially from beech wood.
Noun
bistre (countable and uncountable, plural bistres)
- A brown pigment made from soot, especially from beech wood.
- A mid-to-dark brown color resembling the pigment.
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bistre meaning in Tamil
bistre in Tamil
- செந்தவிட்டு நிறமான
Forms of bistre
| plural | bistres |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bister |
Origin of bistre
Borrowed from French bistre.
Words formed from bistre
Words that rhyme with bistre
- sister
- mister
- twister
- blister
- resistor
- transistor
- Bicester
- cister
- clyster
- mixter
- Mr.
- sister from another mister
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Questions about bistre
- What does bistre mean?
- Bistre means a brown pigment made from soot, especially from beech wood.
- What is bistre in Tamil?
- Bistre in Tamil is செந்தவிட்டு நிறமான. See Bistre meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bistre?
- Bistre is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bistre?
- Bistre is pronounced /ˈbɪstə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bistre?
- The plural of bistre is bistres.
Words near bistre in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bistre (page history and authors); bistre (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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