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color
What does color mean?
color (noun): a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce color?
/ˈkʌlɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does color come from?
From Middle English colour, color, borrowed from Anglo-Norman colur, from Old French colour, color, from Latin color.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to color
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “color”?
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What does “color” mean?
the act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit
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a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
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a disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death
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a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction that conveys it
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