yellow

yellow

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yel‧low¹ S2 W3 /ˈjeləʊ $ -loʊ/ adjective1. having the colour of butter or the middle part of an egg:
    yellow flowers ⇨ chrome yellow, ⇨ lemon yellow at lemon², ⇨ primrose yellow at primrose(2)
2. not polite an offensive way of describing the skin colour of people from parts of Asia
3. (also yellow-bellied) informal not brave
   SYN  cowardly

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yellow² noun [uncountable and countable]
the colour of butter or the middle part of an egg:
    Yellow doesn’t suit me at all.
    The room was decorated in a variety of reds, blues, and yellows.

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yellow³ verb [intransitive and transitive]
to become yellow or make something become yellow:
    The paper had yellowed with age.