Usually means: Dark brown pigment from soot.
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  1. bistre: Merriam-Webster
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  3. bistre: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bistre: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bistre: Vocabulary.com
  6. bistre: Wordnik
  7. bistre: Wiktionary
  8. bistre (bister): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. bistre: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Bistre, bistre: Dictionary.com
  11. Bistre: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Bistre: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. bistre: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. bistre: Rhymezone
  15. Bistre: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. bistre: FreeDictionary.org
  17. bistre: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. bistre: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. bistre: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)
  2. BISTRE: Glossary of Art Terms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bistre)

▸ noun:  A brown pigment made from soot, especially from beech wood.
▸ noun:  A mid-to-dark brown color resembling the pigment.

Similar:
bister, bleck, blacklet, bletch, blackwood, smoke black, sout, surturbrand, smut, blackstuff, more...

Opposite:
white, colorless, pale, bleached

Phrases:
Manje Bistre, more...

Adjectives:
pale, dark, black, fine, brown, yellow, little, light, warm, above, pearl

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Similar:
bister, bleck, blacklet, bletch, blackwood, smoke black, sout, surturbrand, smut, blackstuff, more...

Opposite:
white, colorless, pale, bleached

Phrases:
Manje Bistre, more...

Adjectives:
pale, dark, black, fine, brown, yellow, little, light, warm, above, pearl



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