orange

(noun, adjective, verb)

adjective

1. of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange

Similar word(s): chromatic, orangish

noun

1. round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees

Definition categories: food, citrus

2. orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow

Similar word(s): orangeness

Definition categories: attribute

3. any citrus tree bearing oranges

Definition categories: plant, citrus

4. any pigment producing the orange color

Definition categories: substance, pigment

5. a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean

Definition categories: object

Sentences with orange as a noun:

- orange colour:

verb

1. (transitive) To color orange.

2. (intransitive) To become orange.