carmine

Speech parts

1. carmine - Noun

2. carmine - Adjective

3. carmine - Verb

4. carmine - Adjective Satellite

5. Carmine - Proper noun

Meaning

A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple.

A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting.

The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also carminic acid.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

crimson cardinal ruby scarlet blood-red ruby-red ruddy vermilion red cherry reddish cochineal cerise cherry-red garnet
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Antonyms

wan white neutral pale bloodless pallid
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Hypernyms

redden red redness

Phrases with the word

carmine cross crescent carmine inlet carmine gemstone carmine shiner carmine bellflower carmine badge

Anagrams

ceriman Armenic Crimean Mercian minecar

Examples

New York lost a classic. Carmine was an old school New Yorker. Anthony Weiner

Also playing notable villains in the movie are Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman, Paul Dano as The Riddler, and John Turturro as Carmine Falcone, with Robert Pattinson in the lead role as Bruce Wayne. Source: Internet

At the time it was painted, another young artist, known as Masaccio, was working on the frescoes for the Brancacci Chapel at the church of the Carmine. Source: Internet

Barry Allen and the new Flash were created by writers Robert Kanigher and John Broome and cartoonist Carmine Infantino. Source: Internet

After a sitdown with Carmine and Johnny Sack, Tony contemplates the future of the HUD partnership. Source: Internet

Florence has large numbers of art-filled churches, such as San Miniato al Monte, San Lorenzo, Santa Maria Novella, Santa Trinita, Santa Maria del Carmine, Santa Croce, Santo Spirito, the Annunziata, Ognissanti and numerous others. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

carminate carminated carminative carmine badge carmine bellflower carmine cross crescent