umber

A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.countableuncountable

• They instructed the upholsterer to do the sofa in cinnamon and the ottoman in umber.

Alternative form of umbrere.alt-ofalternativecountable

A grayling.countableuncountable

A dusky brown African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the shoebill and herons; a hamerkop.countableuncountable

Of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.not-comparable

• Their harps are of the umber shade / That hides the blush of waking day.

To give a reddish-brown colour to.transitive

• Armies o'er armies heap'd, the locusts came, Like clouds in autumn umbering all the sky […]