Definition of Yellow

Noun

  • yellow color or pigment
    the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons

Verb

  • turn yellow
    "The pages of the book began to yellow"

Adjective

  • affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
  • cowardly or treacherous
    "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight
    "too yellow to stand and fight"
  • typical of tabloids
    "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"
    "yellow press"
  • changed to a yellowish color by age
    "yellowed parchment"
  • easily frightened
    - lily livered - white livered - yellow bellied
  • of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum
    of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
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Unscramble yellow

36 unscramble word found using the letters yellow.
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