colouring

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colouring

  • /ˈkʌl.ər.ɪŋ/ UK
  • /ˈkʌl.ɚ.ɪŋ/ US

noun colourings

  1. Canada, UK, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative spelling of coloring The seven hampers for four boys and three girls were personalised to each patient, including overnight hotel stays, colouring books and self care items.

adjective more colouring · most colouring

  1. Of something that provides colour. He soon exhausted pleasure, and then reasoned upon it: he soon exhausted it, because he wanted that colouring enthusiasm which creates more than half of what it enjoys;...

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of colour

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: food coloring, coloring, color, food colouring, food color, food colour, colouration, coloration, discolouration, colourant, discoloration, dyeing, dye, stainability, stain, oxidising

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@misc{colouring_2026,
  title = {colouring},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/colouring},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}