pigment - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'pigment' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pigment

[ n.]

- Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle.
- Any one of the colored substances found in animal and vegetable tissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc.
- Wine flavored with species and honey.

Meaning of 'pigment' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pigment

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating

Example in sentence:

artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably

2 . pigment

[ v]

Meaning (2):
- color or dye with a pigment

Example in sentence:

pigment a photograph

Nearby Words:

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Pigment is coloring a material that is resistant to non-polar solvents. Pigments are solid color materials......

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