ULTRAMARINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ultramarine mean? 

• ULTRAMARINE (noun)
  The noun ULTRAMARINE has 2 senses:

1. blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli

2. a vivid blue to purple-blue color

  Familiarity information: ULTRAMARINE used as a noun is rare.

• ULTRAMARINE (adjective)
  The adjective ULTRAMARINE has 1 sense:

1. of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color

  Familiarity information: ULTRAMARINE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ULTRAMARINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

ultramarine; ultramarine blue

Hypernyms ("ultramarine" is a kind of...):

pigment (dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ultramarine"):

French blue; French ultramarine; French ultramarine blue (ultramarine pigment prepared artificially)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A vivid blue to purple-blue color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("ultramarine" is a kind of...):

blue; blueness (blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime)

Derivation:

ultramarine (of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color)

• ULTRAMARINE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

Derivation:

ultramarine (a vivid blue to purple-blue color)