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noun
Any soluble pigment used for dyeing the hair, fabric, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dye
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: coloring material, colouring material, color, colour
Narrower terms: acid dye, alizarin yellow, anil, indigo, indigotin, aniline dye, azo dye, basic dye, basic color, basic colour, bluing, blueing, blue, bromophenol blue, bromphenol blue, tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein, bromothymol blue, bromthymol blue, cochineal, cyanine dye, direct dye, substantive dye, fluorescein, fluoresceine, fluorescent dye, resorcinolphthalein, fluorochrome, hair dye, hair coloring, Kendal green, Kendal, lac dye, lead acetate, sugar of lead, orchil, archil, cudbear, quercitron, radiopaque dye, safranine, safranin, saffranine, Tyrian purple, vat dye, vat color, woad
History
From dye + stuff.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
