ocher

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊkɚ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊkə/

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• Rhymes: -əʊkə(ɹ)

Noun

ocher (plural ochers)

1. Alternative spelling of ochre.
   • 1973 July, Melville Bell Grosvenor, “Homeward with Ulysses”, in National Geographic, volume 144, number 1:

     […] facing the sea with buff and ocher houses that rise five or six stories above a curving boulevard […]

Derived terms

• ocheraceous
• ocherish
• ochery
• red ocher

Verb

ocher (third-person singular simple present ochers, present participle ochering, simple past and past participle ochered)

1. Alternative spelling of ochre.

Anagrams

• -chore, Roche, chore, ochre, roche