ombre (uncountable)
A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10.
ombre (plural ombres)
(archaic) A large Mediterranean food fish Umbrina cirrosa
• umbra, umbrine
ombre (plural ombres)
(colors) A gradual blending of one color hue to another, usually moving tints and shades from light to dark.
• brome, omber
Source: Wiktionary
Om"ber, Om"bre, n. Etym: [F. hombre, fr. Sp. hombre, lit., a man, fr. L. homo. See Human.]
Definition: A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons. Pope. When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, And, joined to two, he fails not to make three. Young.
Om"bre, n. Etym: [F., of uncertain origin.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A large Mediterranean food fish (Umbrina cirrhosa): -- called also umbra, and umbrine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 March 2025
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
