Bister

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A water-soluble, yellowish-brown pigment.
  • n. A grayish to yellowish brown.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Alternative spelling of bistre.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A dark brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In painting, a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood.
  • Of the color of bister; blackish-brown.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot
  • Equivalent
    bistre   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pigment   
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