ultramarine
Americanadjective
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of the color ultramarine.
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beyond the sea.
noun
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a blue pigment consisting of powdered lapis lazuli.
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a similar artificial blue pigment.
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any of various other pigments.
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a deep-blue color.
noun
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a blue pigment consisting of sodium and aluminium silicates and some sodium sulphide, obtained by powdering natural lapis lazuli or made synthetically: used in paints, printing ink, plastics, etc
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a vivid blue colour
adjective
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of the colour ultramarine
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from across the seas
Etymology
Origin of ultramarine
1590–1600; < Medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus, equivalent to Latin ultrā ultra- + marīnus marine
Example Sentences
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The colors are a reddish black, a Renaissance ultramarine blue and a blackish burgundy that Zumthor hoped would conjure a cave-like dimness.
From Los Angeles Times
She dug a narrow, shallow, 41-foot-long trench in the ground, running perpendicular to the Pacific Ocean, and poured powdered ultramarine pigment into it.
From New York Times
International Klein Blue, or I.K.B. for short, is a combination of ultramarine pigment and a chemist’s polymer binder that keeps it from fading.
From New York Times
Whether ultramarine, cerulean, Egyptian or cobalt, blue pigments have colored artworks for centuries.
From Science Daily
With the alley closed to the public, he strode into the room like the boy-mayor of the place, resplendent in an ultramarine bowling shirt.
From New York Times
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