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yellow

The correct spelling is yellow.

How to pronounce yellow

/jɛlə/
noun

IPA: /jɛlə/

Say it like: Yel-low

The correct spelling is yellow. The colour of gold, butter, or a lemon; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light. For example: "2012 March 2, Andrew Grice, "Yellow rebels take on Clegg over NHS 'betrayal'", The Independent"

Usage Examples

2012 March 2, Andrew Grice, "Yellow rebels take on Clegg over NHS 'betrayal'", The Independent

the black-yellow coalition

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.The colour of gold, butter, or a lemon; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.
  2. 2.The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, the illumination of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.
  3. 3.One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
  4. 4.(pocket billiards) One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally British version of pool that makes use of unnumbered balls (the (yellow(s) and red(s)); contrast stripes and solids in the originally American version with numbered balls).
  5. 5.A yellow card.

verb

  1. 1.To become yellow or more yellow.
  2. 2.To make (something) yellow or more yellow.

adjective

  1. 1.Having yellow as its colour.
  2. 2.Lacking courage.
  3. 3.Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.
  4. 4.Far East Asian (relating to Asian people).
  5. 5.Of mixed Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry.

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