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Definitions for Umber

[1] an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber) .
[2] the color of such a pigment; dark dusky brown or dark reddish brown.
[3] Ichthyology . the European grayling, Thymallus thymallus.
[4] North England Dialect . shade; shadow.
[5] of the color umber.
[6] to color with or as if with umber.
[7] any of various natural brown earths containing ferric oxide together with lime and oxides of aluminium, manganese, and silicon See also burnt umber
[8] any of the dark brown to greenish-brown colours produced by this pigment
[9] short for umber moth
[10] obsolete shade or shadow any dark, dusky, or indefinite colour
[11] of, relating to, or stained with umber

Words related to Umber

beige, drab, khaki, brownish, fawn, ginger, tan, toast, amber, brick, nut, buff, coffee, dust, bronze, bay, ecru, rust, copper, cinnamon

Words nearby Umber

umbel, umbellate, umbellet, umbelliferous, umbellule, umber, umber moth, umberto, umberto i, umberto ii, umbilical

Origin of Umber

1250–1300; Middle English umbre, umber shade, shadow < Old French umbre < Latin umbra; in sense “earth” < French terre d'ombre or Italian terra di ombra

Word origin for Umber

C16: from French (terre d' ) ombre or Italian (terra di ) ombra shadow (earth), from Latin umbra shade

Synonyms for Umber

amber, bay, beige, bister, brick, bronze, buff, chestnut, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, coffee, copper, drab, dust, ecru, fawn, ginger, hazel, henna, khaki, mahogany, nut, ochre, puce, russet, rust, sepia, sorrel, tan, toast, auburn, burnt sienna, snuff-colored, tawny, terra-cotta