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noun (ukiyo-e)
- a Japanese woodblock print or painting depicting everyday life
- 1958: The masters of Ukiyo-e, the woodblock print, like Utamaro, immortalized its great courtesans and its famous houses of prostitution. " The Times, 2 Apr 1958, p.11 col. F
- 2001: Starling looked past Carter, to an woodcut of a Kabuki player. " Glen David Gold, Carter Beats the Devil
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noun
- a brilliant blue pigment that is either extracted from mineral deposits or made synthetically.
- (colour) a brilliant pure blue or slightly purple, purplish color, colour.
- <table><tr><td>ultramarine colour: </td><td bgcolor="
- 00004A" width="80"> </td></tr></table>
adjective
- having a brilliant blue colour.
| | umber |
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noun
- A brown or reddish pigment used in painting, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese.
- (colour) a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.
- <table><tr><td>umber colour: </td><td bgcolor="
- 614B3E" width="80"> </td></tr></table>
adjective
- (colour) of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.
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noun - A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.
- The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled.
verb (undercuts, undercutting, undercut, undercut)
- To sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor.
- To create an overhang by cutting away material from underneath.
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noun
- a vase with a footed base
- a metal vessel for serving tea or coffee
- a vessel for ashes or cremains of a deceased person
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