adj
Meaning 1
Of something that provides colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
colouring
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noun
Meaning 2
Alternative spelling of coloring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of colour
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 4
the act or process of changing the color of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coloring
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change of color
Narrower terms: tinting, hair coloring, dyeing
noun
Meaning 5
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: color, colour, coloring
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: visual property
Narrower terms: primary color, primary colour, heather mixture, heather, mottle, shade, tint, tincture, tone, chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour, achromatic color, achromatic colour, coloration, colouration, complexion, skin color, skin colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour, dithered color, dithered colour
noun
Meaning 6
a digestible substance used to give color to food
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- food color made from vegetable dyes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coloring, food coloring, food colouring, food color, food colour
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: foodstuff, food product
History
Etymology
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Real reading context