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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. See discolor, discolored.

Wiktionary

  1. v. alternative spelling of discolor.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. Brit. same as discolor.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. change color, often in an undesired manner

Examples

  • “As they will discolour when cut, make sure you have a bowl of acidulated water on hand.”

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  • “I don't know how much/if 99% isopropanol will discolour anything.”

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  • “Affordable, beautifully presented classics "easy-to-read typographic design, sewn cloth bindings with top and tail bands and a silk ribbon-marker, acid-free paper which will not discolour with age, as well as substantial introductions by leading scholars and writers”

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  • “Non-stainless means that the needles might discolour with use due to skin oils.”

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  • “It has to quick or else the avocado will discolour.”

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  • “In the hospitals, the students of medicine are requested, by notices upon the wall, to eject their tobacco juice into the boxes provided for that purpose, and not to discolour the stairs.”

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  • “China or glass is preferred to metal or plastic because acetic acid is sometimes used in royal icing and has been known to stain a metal or plastic bowl and to discolour the icing.”

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  • “If the flavour of thyme be agreeable, you may put in a little, but take care that it does not boil in it long enough to discolour the soup.”

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  • “Radicchio should only be left in for a short time otherwise it will discolour.”

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  • “* Please note: When using essential oils of citrus on your skin, be sure to not get exposed to the sun afterwards: most citrus oils contain high contents of feranocoumarins, a type of molecule that causes the skin to discolour and/or burn when exposed to the sun.”

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