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purple ochre

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables
pur-ple ochre
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rare variant identical to red ochre chemically but of a different hue caused by different light diffraction properties associated with a greater average particle size.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

purple ochres (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

brown ochre red ochre yellow ochre

Questions

What does purple ochre mean?
A rare variant identical to red ochre chemically but of a different hue caused by different light diffraction properties associated with a greater average particle size.

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