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cinnabars

cinnabars is the plural of cinnabar.

Meaning of cinnabar

Noun

cinnabar (countable and uncountable, plural cinnabars)

  1. A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
  2. A bright red colour tinted with orange.
  3. (countable) A species of erebid moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
    • There are a few day-flying exceptions such as hummingbird hawk-moths, silver Ys, cinnabars, scarlet tigers and burnets but, in general, knowledge of moths lags behind that of butterflies.2015, Norman Maclean, A Less Green and Pleasant Land, page 223
    Synonyms:
    cinnabar moth
  4. Synonym of dragon's blood (“type of resin”).
    Synonyms:
    dragon's blood

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Questions about cinnabars

What is cinnabars the plural of?
Cinnabars is the plural of cinnabar.

Words near cinnabars in the dictionary

  1. cinnabar moths
  2. cinnabaric
  3. cinnabarine
  4. cinnabarite
  5. cinnabarred
  6. cinnabars
  7. cinnamal
  8. cinnamaldehyde
  9. cinnamaldehydes
  10. cinnamamide
  11. cinnamate

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