cinnabar - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'cinnabar' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cinnabar

[ n.]

- Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine.
- The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment; vermilion.

Nearby Words:

cinch cinchona cinchonaceous cinchonic cinchonidine cinchonine cinchonism cinchonize cincinnati epoch cincture

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