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s | umber |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun umber is

a brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.

As an adjective umber is

of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    umber

    English

    (wikipedia umber)

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.
  • A grayling.
  • A dusky brown African wading bird (Scopus umbretta ) allied to the storks and herons.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.
  • * J. R. Drake
    • Their harps are of the umber shade / That hides the blush of waking day.

    Derived terms

    * *

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