turkey red

tur·key red

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [tur-kee red]
- /ˈtɜr ki rɛd/
- /ˈtɜː.ki red/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tur-kee red]
- /ˈtɜr ki rɛd/

Definitions of turkey red words

noun turkey red a bright red produced in fabrics by madder, alizarin, or synthetic dyes. 1
noun turkey red cotton cloth of this color. 1
noun turkey red Adrianople red. 1
noun turkey red a moderate or bright red colour 0
noun turkey red (as adjective) 0
noun turkey red a cotton fabric of a bright red colour 0

See all 9 definitions of turkey red

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Origin of turkey red

First appearance:

before 1780

One of the 45% newest English words

First recorded in 1780-90

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Parts of speech for Turkey red

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Turkey red

turkey red popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 69% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

turkey red usage trend in Literature

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