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Rareyellows
The correct spelling is yellows.
How to pronounce yellows
noun
Say it like: Yel-low-s
The correct spelling is yellows. The colour of gold, butter, or a lemon; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.
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Meanings
noun
- 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.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.One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
- 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.A yellow card.
verb
- 1.To become yellow or more yellow.
- 2.To make (something) yellow or more yellow.
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