Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The red color peculiar to the variety of coral known as Corallum rubrum.
  • Having this color; covered with a glaze of this hue: as, a coral-red vase.

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  • adjective of red tinged with coral

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Examples

  • Her mouth was the ring of Solomon, her lips coral-red, and her teeth like a line of strung pearls or of camomile petals.

    Firas Al-Atraqchi: Egypt: Group seeks to ban A Thousand and One Arabian Nights 2010

  • St. Barths, a coral-red shade, offers a subtle splash of color that flatters a wide variety of complexions. $22 at www. jouercosmetics.com.

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  • “In his room, I suppose,” she said and held up a coral-red flower with a spicy scent.

    Plain Language Barbara Wright 2007

  • “In his room, I suppose,” she said and held up a coral-red flower with a spicy scent.

    Plain Language Barbara Wright 2007

  • “In his room, I suppose,” she said and held up a coral-red flower with a spicy scent.

    Plain Language Barbara Wright 2007

  • “In his room, I suppose,” she said and held up a coral-red flower with a spicy scent.

    Plain Language Barbara Wright 2007

  • So a beautiful 1860s bentwood table base manufactured by Thonet Frères (of bistro chair fame) is grouped with a 1927-30 Mies van der Rohe steel-and-leather chair and a supersize 2003 coral-red laquered-wire armchair by Brazilian brothers Fernando and Humberto Campana.

    Annals of Modern Design 2007

  • For example, in my case, a beautiful coral-red enhances my overall natural glow, emphasizing good health and vibrance; whereas a sharp tomato-red can overwhelm me, and any blue-red from fire-engine to rose-red to burgundy tends to emphasize all the tiny little capillaries that rosacea has brought to the surface of my translucent skin, which isn't really the look I want to walk around with.

    And, shoes. - A Dress A Day 2006

  • Dragon-flies hover over the moist spots, transparent wings carrying coral-red bodies, and two sand-wasps pilot my steps, following the narrow ribbon of bare ground as a fish the course of a shallow stream, buzzing ominously as if in warning of some possible mischance.

    Tropic Days 2003

  • Water-dripping moss padded the lintels of grottos, before which dangled translucent ferns of delicate form, yet so rich and intense with life that crozier-tipped fronds took the hue of flowers — coral-red, golden-bronze, and yellow; while golden dust clung to hairy undersides like pollen to the thighs of hive-returning bees.

    Tropic Days 2003

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