English Explanatory Dictionary

undercolour

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A colour used as a base and then coloured over, as in watercolour painting.
  2. The colour of the underparts of a bird, rabbit, etc.
verb
  1. To colour insufficiently.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undercolour.wav

Word forms

undercolour undercolours undercolor undercolouring undercoloured

Etymology

From under- + colour.

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