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BISTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bister mean?
• BISTER (noun)
The noun BISTER has 1 sense:
1. a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot
Familiarity information: BISTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
bister; bistre
Hypernyms ("bister" is a kind of...):
pigment (dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))
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