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ochreish

ochreish adjective: having an ochre-like color.

Adjective

ochreish (comparative more ochreish, superlative most ochreish)

  1. Having an ochre-like color
    • The back and side of the hospital, the long barracks of the annex and the wall at the bottom enclosed a waste place of ochreish clay.1920, May Sinclair, The Romantic
    • Through the enormous dust cloud that the army raised the trees of the valley appeared as brown smudges against an ochreish sky.1911, Mary Johnston, The Long Roll
    Synonyms:
    ochrous

Synonyms of ochreish

Forms of ochreish

comparativemore ochreish
superlativemost ochreish

Origin of ochreish

From ochre + -ish.

Questions about ochreish

What does ochreish mean?
Ochreish means having an ochre-like color.
What part of speech is ochreish?
Ochreish is an adjective.

Words near ochreish in the dictionary

  1. ochreas
  2. ochreasteroside
  3. ochreate
  4. ochred
  5. ochreing
  6. ochreish
  7. ochreous
  8. ochrephilone
  9. ochrept
  10. ochrepts
  11. ochres

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