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keltainen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • amber noun A hard, translucent, yellow-to-brown fossilized tree resin, used in jewellery and sometimes containing preserved insects.
  • tabloid noun A newspaper printed at roughly half the size of a broadsheet, typically known for punchy, sensational stories rather than sober reporting.
  • yellow noun The bright color of lemons, sunflowers, and egg yolks, produced by light around 580 nanometers.

Senses

keltainen is used for these senses in English:

  • amber (British, AU) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop when safe to do so. See also yellow light.
  • tabloid (figurative) Resembling the style of journalism generally associated with a tabloid newspaper: appealing to unsophisticated people, sensational, etc.
  • yellow The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.

amber — full definition

  1. noun A hard, translucent, yellow-to-brown fossilized tree resin, used in jewellery and sometimes containing preserved insects.
  2. noun A yellowish-orange colour, like that of the resin.
  3. noun The middle light of a traffic signal, signalling drivers to stop if it is safe to do so.
  4. adj Of a brownish-yellow colour.

tabloid — full definition

  1. noun A newspaper printed at roughly half the size of a broadsheet, typically known for punchy, sensational stories rather than sober reporting.
  2. adj Written or presented in a sensational, attention-grabbing style typical of tabloid newspapers.

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