Usually means: Change or alter in color.
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  1. discolor: Merriam-Webster
  2. discolor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. discolor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. discolor: Collins English Dictionary
  5. discolor: Vocabulary.com
  6. discolor: Wordnik
  7. discolor: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. discolor: Wiktionary
  9. discolor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. discolor: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. discolor: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Discolor, discolor: Dictionary.com
  13. discolor: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. discolor: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Discolor: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. discolor: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. discolor: Rhymezone
  18. Discolor: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. discolor: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. discolor: FreeDictionary.org
  21. discolor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. discolor: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. discolor: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. discolor: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (discolor)

▸ verb:  (American spelling) To change or lose color.

Similar:
discolour, colour, decolorize, discolorate, decolor, decolorate, decolour, decolorise, decolourize, uncolor, more...

Opposite:
color, tint, hue, pigment, shade

Types:
fade, stain, dye, paint, tint, color, more...

Phrases:
salix discolor, dendroica discolor, cirsium discolor, diospyros discolor, calanthe discolor, more...

Adjectives:
lesser, red, cissus, nosed, tetraploid, tropical
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Similar:
discolour, colour, decolorize, discolorate, decolor, decolorate, decolour, decolorise, decolourize, uncolor, more...

Opposite:
color, tint, hue, pigment, shade

Types:
fade, stain, dye, paint, tint, color, more...

Phrases:
salix discolor, dendroica discolor, cirsium discolor, diospyros discolor, calanthe discolor, leptosomus discolor, discolor by burning, more...

Adjectives:
lesser, red, cissus, nosed, tetraploid, tropical



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