variants
or ochre
1
: an earthy usually red or yellow and often impure iron ore used as a pigment
2
: the color of ocher
especially
: the color of yellow ocher
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Similar to the Colorado river in northern Arizona, the Charyn River and its tributaries spent millions of years eroding the arid landscape into crazy shapes and a palette of rocky reds, oranges, ochers, yellows, and whites.
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Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Scientists already knew that Neanderthals made adhesives using other materials like ocher and naturally sticky substances to haft stone tips onto wooden shafts to create weapons.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
At a site now known as Barranco Gómez in eastern Spain, an artist depicted a sophisticated robbery using ocher on a cave wall.
—Barrett Klein, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
When mixed together, ocher and bitumen create a sticky mass that was likely attached to stones and other tools, the scientists say.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
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Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Scientists already knew that Neanderthals made adhesives using other materials like ocher and naturally sticky substances to haft stone tips onto wooden shafts to create weapons.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
At a site now known as Barranco Gómez in eastern Spain, an artist depicted a sophisticated robbery using ocher on a cave wall.
—Barrett Klein, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
When mixed together, ocher and bitumen create a sticky mass that was likely attached to stones and other tools, the scientists say.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
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“Ocher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ocher. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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ocher
noun
variants
or ochre
1
: an earthy usually red or yellow and often impure iron ore used as coloring matter
2
: the color of yellow ocher
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