Open Dictionary
mouse here to listen, click to choose/add more
Location: USA
Source: Learn That Word
Profile URL: www.learnthat.org

Are you a native English speaker? How do you pronounce this word?

Thank you for contributing!
upload mp3 file or record now it's easy, promised!

{%type%} Definitions

WordNet 3.0Copyright Princeton University
{%wordnet%}
Definitions.net
{%definitions_com%}

Videos

Short "hint"

n. - The appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation; An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading;

edit
Usage examples (35)
  • Lynch isn't a character where his skin colour is an issue.
  • I can only empathise since my skin colour is the majority.
  • That's like saying darker skin colour is stereotypical for black people.
  • Darker skin colour is just one thing, there are plenty of others characteristics.
...click for more
Tutoring comment


Tutoring comment not yet available...

add more
The Open Dictionary of English is a collaborative project, based on Open Source materials, LearnThat resources, and partner APIs.
We give special thanks to our LearnThat volunteers, as well as Princeton University and Wiktionary for their Open Source word data. We're also grateful for the support given by Google, Wordnik.com, Dictionary.com, Stands4.com and YouTube, OEDILF.com, Kylescholz.com, Best-Practice.com, Forvo.com, as well as the generous Creative Commons community.