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Ultramarine

see synonyms of ultramarine

Noun

1. ultramarine, ultramarine blue

blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli

2. ultramarine

a vivid blue to purple-blue color

Adjective

3. ultramarine

of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ultramarine

see synonyms of ultramarine
noun
1. 
a blue pigment consisting of sodium and aluminium silicates and some sodium sulphide, obtained by powdering natural lapis lazuli or made synthetically: used in paints, printing ink, plastics, etc
2. 
a vivid blue colour
adjective
3. 
of the colour ultramarine
4. 
from across the seas

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Ultramarine

see synonyms of ultramarine
adjective
1. 
beyond the sea
2. 
deep-blue
noun
3. 
a blue pigment originally made by grinding lapis lazuli to a powder
4. 
a blue pigment of similar chemical composition prepared from other substances
5. 
any of certain other pigments
yellow ultramarine
6. 
deep blue

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ultramarine

see synonyms of ultramarine
n.
1.
a. A blue pigment made from powdered lapis lazuli.
b. A similar pigment made synthetically by heating clay, sodium carbonate, and sulfur together.
2. A vivid or strong blue to purplish blue.
adj.
1. Of the color ultramarine.
2. Of or from a place beyond the sea.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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