Burnt-sienna
See under sienna (def 1).
an intense dark reddish-brown color.
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
the color of such a pigment.
noun
a reddish-brown dye or pigment obtained by roasting raw sienna in a furnace
a dark reddish-orange to reddish-brown colour
noun
a natural earth containing ferric oxide used as a yellowish-brown pigment when untreated (raw sienna) or a reddish-brown pigment when roasted (burnt sienna)
the colour of this pigment See also burnt sienna
Read Also:
- Burnt-umber
See under umber (def 1). an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber) the color of such a pigment; dark dusky brown or dark reddish brown. Ichthyology. the […]
- Burnt-tip-orchid
noun a small orchid, Orchis ustulata, resembling the lady orchid, having dark reddish-brown hoods that give a burnt look to the tip of the flower spike
- Burnup
the nuclear fuel consumed in a reactor, often measured as a percentage of the atoms of fuel that have undergone fission.
- Buroo
noun (Scot & Irish, dialect) (pl) -roos the government office from which unemployment benefit is distributed the unemployment benefit itself (esp in the phrase on the buroo)
- Burp
a belch; eructation. to belch; eruct. to cause (a baby) to belch by patting its back, especially to relieve flatulence after feeding. Contemporary Examples When Did “Married Without Children” Become Gauche? Rachel Shukert November 14, 2008 Bill Clinton: Two-Edged Sword for President Obama Michelle Cottle June 1, 2012 Confessions of a Competitive Eater July 2, […]