Cerise

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cerise \Ce*rise"\, a. [F., a cherry. See {Cherry}.]
     Cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile
     fabrics, especially silk.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  cerise
       adj : having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent
             of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
             [syn: {red}, {reddish}, {ruddy}, {blood-red}, {carmine},
              {cherry}, {cherry-red}, {crimson}, {ruby}, {ruby-red},
              {scarlet}]
       n : a red the color of ripe cherries [syn: {cherry}, {cherry red}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "cerise":
     Titian, Titian-red, bricky, cardinal, carmine, carnation,
     carnelian, cherry, cherry-colored, cherry-red, crimson, damask,
     ferruginous, fiery, fire-red, flame-colored, flame-red, flaming,
     glowing, gules, hot, incarmined, inflamed, infrared, iron-red,
     lake-colored, laky, lateritious, lobster-red, lurid, maroon,
     port-wine, puce, red, red-dyed, red-looking, reddened, reddish,
     reddish-amber, reddish-brown, rubicund, rubiginous, rubric,
     rubricose, ruby, ruby-colored, ruby-red, ruddied, ruddy, rufescent,
     rufous, rust, rust-red, rusty, scarlet, stammel, tile-red,
     vermilion, vinaceous, warm, wine, wine-colored, wine-red