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Antonyms for discoloration


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dis-kuhl-uh-rey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˌkʌl əˈreɪ ʃən



Definition of discoloration

Origin :
  • 1640s, noun of action from discolorate (early 15c.), from past participle stem of Medieval Latin discolorare (see discolor) + -ation.
  • noun stain
Example sentences :
  • This discoloration was of a livid blue, about the tint of a tattoo mark.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • Inside the ship, the Nipe neither knew nor cared about the discoloration.
  • Extract from : « Anything You Can Do ... » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • This removed from white fabrics every vestige of discoloration or stain.
  • Extract from : « Mizora: A Prophecy » by Mary E. Bradley
  • As I watched I observed that the discoloration was beginning to fade.
  • Extract from : « Allan's Wife » by H. Rider Haggard
  • It was hardly more than a discoloration, and suggested nothing of consequence.
  • Extract from : « Waiting for Daylight » by Henry Major Tomlinson
  • Allow me to look closely at that discoloration once more for a moment.
  • Extract from : « The Poet at the Breakfast Table » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • From its discoloration this ivory should be at least five hundred years old.
  • Extract from : « The Purple Flame » by Roy J. Snell
  • Sometimes a discoloration is observable in iron kettles or other iron vessels.
  • Extract from : « Housekeeping in Old Virginia » by Marion Cabell Tyree
  • Buster was glad to find that as yet there were no signs of discoloration, as he had feared.
  • Extract from : « Motor Boat Boys Down the Danube » by Louis Arundel
  • Discrimination is requisite from discoloration by food or medicine.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various

Synonyms for discoloration

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