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ombres

ombres is the plural of ombre.

Meaning of ombre

Noun (1)

ombre (uncountable)

  1. A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.
    • Belinda now, whom chirst of fame invites, / Burns to encounter two advent'rous Knights, / At Ombre singly to decide their doom / And swells her breast with conquests yet to com1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto

Noun (2)

ombre (plural ombres)

  1. (archaic) A large Mediterranean food fish, Umbrina cirrosa.
    Synonyms:
    umbra, umbrine, drum, drumfish, shi drum, gurbell, sea crow, bearded umbrine, corb

Phrases with ombres

Questions about ombres

What is ombres the plural of?
Ombres is the plural of ombre.

Words near ombres in the dictionary

  1. ombitasvir
  2. ombliferous
  3. ombre
  4. ombrella
  5. ombrellas
  6. ombres
  7. ombres chinoises
  8. ombrifuge
  9. ombro-
  10. ombrogenous
  11. ombrograph

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