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red ochre

red ochre noun: a claylike material containing ferric oxide, used as a pigment.

Noun

red ochre (countable and uncountable, plural red ochres)

  1. A claylike material containing ferric oxide, used as a pigment.
    Synonyms:
    kokowai

red ochre meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Punjabi

red ochre in Hindi

clay-like material
गेरू gerū, रक्तधातु raktadhātu

red ochre in Tamil

செங்கழுநீர்க்கல், தாதுராகம், கைரிகம், பார்வதி, சீலை, தாது

red ochre in Kannada

red ochre
ಕಾವಿ kāvi

red ochre in Punjabi

clay-like material
ਗੇਰੂ gerū, ਗੇਰੀ gerī
More languagesFewer languages
red ochre in Tagalog
sanling

Synonyms of red ochre

Forms of red ochre

pluralred ochres
alternative formred ocher

Questions about red ochre

What does red ochre mean?
Red ochre means a claylike material containing ferric oxide, used as a pigment.
What is red ochre in Hindi?
Red ochre in Hindi is गेरू (gerū), रक्तधातु (raktadhātu). See Red ochre meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is red ochre?
Red ochre is a noun.
What is the plural of red ochre?
The plural of red ochre is red ochres.

Words near red ochre in the dictionary

  1. red oak tree
  2. red oak trees
  3. red oaks
  4. red ocher
  5. red ochers
  6. red ochre
  7. red ochres
  8. red onion
  9. red onions
  10. red orpiment
  11. red orpiments

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Adapted from Wiktionary: red ochre (page history and authors); red ochre (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಕಾವಿ (Kannada) (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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