Words similar to ochre
Example sentences for: ochre
How can you use “ochre” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
The simple brick buildings faced with ochre and blue stucco, though larger than those at Deir el-Medina are little changed in style.
The eastern end of the beach is a beautiful cove, hemmed in by cliffs and ochre rocks.
There are also words representative of other areas of Aboriginal life, such as boylya cleverman or wise elder, gnamma waterhole, kylie boomerang, miamia dwelling, monaych , originally the name of a cockatoo and by transference a police officer, nyoongar Aboriginal person, wagyl , the mythical rainbow serpent, wilgie , a red ochre used to paint the body on ceremonial occasions, and wongi , a word for an Aboriginal person, originally used around Kalgoorlie.
(Which they've obviously rehearsed, since it includes such arcana as the provenance of the ochre used in the enamel-painting for Lepine watches in the 1840s.)
Here, oxidization has turned the rocks bright mauve, ochre, green, vermilion, turquoise, and purple.