aquamarine
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4.6
- noun
- /ˌækwəˈmɛrin/
:
color aguamarina
- The walls of the room were painted in a soothing shade of aquamarine that reminded me of the ocean.
- pale aquamarine
- aquamarine blue
- aquamarine water
Examples
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The lake was cobalt in the middle, aquamarine around the edges.
Fiction book (1991) -
The ruffled sheet of aquamarine sea seemed only inches away.
Fiction book (1996) -
The color of the day is aquamarine.
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The water turned green and then deep aquamarine.
Fiction book (1990) -
The walls were a soft, pastel aquamarine.
Fiction book (2000) -
The water is a crystal aquamarine blue on sunny days that just invites you to come into it.
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Inside the break, the water was the color of aquamarine; beyond it, a dark lapis lazuli.
Fiction book (2002) -
The water itself was a collage of turquoise and aquamarine shades of green and blue.
Blog text (2) -
Grass was set with flagged stepping-stones, and these encircled a swimming pool, aquamarine and still as glass.
Fiction book (1990) -
The island's circumference is 8.3 miles, and it is surrounded by rocks, sandy beaches, and the pristine, aquamarine waters of Lake Huron.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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3.7
A green-blue color like the water in a tropical sea
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2.3
A light bluish-green color like sea water
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3.7
A pale green-blue color like the bubbles on the sea
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2.5
A blue color with a little green in it
A blue-green color like the sea
Green with a small blue tone
A blue-green color like fresh pine leaves
How Pale
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Aquamarine comes from the Latin parts aqua 'water' and marine 'of the sea'. So the color aquamarine is the pale blue-green shade that looks like calm sea water.