Meanings
adjectivehoney-colored (comparative more honey-colored, superlative most honey-colored)
comparative more honey-colored · superlative most honey-colored
- having the color of honey; golden
In honey-colored stones, the “milk-and-honey” effect can often be quite spectacular as the half hit by the light turns a brilliant white and the half in dark turns a deep, burnished brown.
2012, David Federman, Modern Jeweler’s Consumer Guide to Colored Gemstones, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 45
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Ancient Greek μελίχρως
- μελίχρως (melíkhrōs)Translations
Czech medový
- medovýTranslations
Finnish hunajankeltainen
- hunajankeltainenTranslations
Latin helvus
- helvusTranslations
Portuguese melado
- meladoTranslations
Russian медвя́ный, медо́вый
- медвя́ный (medvjányj)Translations
- медо́вый (medóvyj)Translations
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Chicago
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