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Turkey reds

Turkey reds is the plural of Turkey red.

Meaning of Turkey red

Noun

Turkey red (countable and uncountable, plural Turkey reds)

  1. (historical) A durable red dye originally obtained from madder and later prepared chemically.
  2. A vibrant shade of red similar to the dye.

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Questions about Turkey reds

What is Turkey reds the plural of?
Turkey reds is the plural of Turkey red.

Words near Turkey reds in the dictionary

  1. turkey oak
  2. turkey oaks
  3. turkey pout
  4. turkey pouts
  5. Turkey red
  6. Turkey reds
  7. turkey shoot
  8. turkey shoots
  9. turkey slap
  10. turkey slaps
  11. Turkey stone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Turkey reds (page history and authors); Turkey red (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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