cerise

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ce=rise

CIDE DICTIONARY

cerise, a. [F., a cherry. See Cherry.].

 Cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cerise, adj. & n.
--adj. of a light clear red.
--n. this colour.

Etymology

F, = CHERRY

THESAURUS

cerise

Titian, Titian-red, bricky, cardinal, carmine, carnation, carnelian, cherry, cherry-colored, cherry-red, crimson, damask, ferruginous, fiery, fire-red, flame-colored, flame-red, flaming, glowing, gules, hot, incarmined, inflamed, infrared, iron-red, lake-colored, laky, lateritious, lobster-red, lurid, maroon, port-wine, puce, red, red-dyed, red-looking, reddened, reddish, reddish-amber, reddish-brown, rubicund, rubiginous, rubric, rubricose, ruby, ruby-colored, ruby-red, ruddied, ruddy, rufescent, rufous, rust, rust-red, rusty, scarlet, stammel, tile-red, vermilion, vinaceous, warm, wine, wine-colored, wine-red