Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

play of color

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables
play of -col-or
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An optical phenomenon that occurs when light interacts with a gemstone, causing it to appear to change color.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

plays of color (plural) play-of-color (alternative) play of colour (alternative) play-of-colour (alternative)

Questions

What does play of color mean?
An optical phenomenon that occurs when light interacts with a gemstone, causing it to appear to change color.

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