dyestuff

dye·stuff

D0443200 (dī′stŭf′)n. See dye.

dyestuff

(ˈdaɪˌstʌf) n (Dyeing) a substance that can be used as a dye or from which a dye can be obtained

dye•stuff

(ˈdaɪˌstʌf)

n. a material yielding or used as a dye. [1830–40; probably translation of German Farbstoff]

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dyestuff - a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hairdyeacid dye - dye in which the chromophore is part of a negative ionalizarin yellow - any of various yellow dyes; not related chemically to alizarin but applied in the same manneranil, indigo, indigotin - a blue dye obtained from plants or made syntheticallyaniline dye - any of many dyes made from anilineazo dye - any dye containing one or more azo groupsbasic color, basic colour, basic dye - a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ionchromophore - the chemical group that gives color to a moleculecoloring material, colour, colouring material, color - any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim"blueing, bluing, blue - used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tingebromophenol blue, bromphenol blue, tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein - a dye used as an acid-base indicatorbromothymol blue, bromthymol blue - a dye used as an acid-base indicatorcochineal - a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insectscyanine dye - any of a class of dyes containing a -CH= group linking two heterocyclic rings containing nitrogen; used as sensitizers in photographydirect dye, substantive dye - dye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.)fluorescein, fluoresceine, fluorescent dye, resorcinolphthalein - a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed)fluorochrome - any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimenshair coloring, hair dye - a dye or tint for the hairKendal, Kendal green - a green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plantlac dye - scarlet dye like cochineal; extracted with alkali from stick laclead acetate, sugar of lead - a poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton and in making enamels and varnishesarchil, cudbear, orchil - a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichensquercitron - a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak treeradiopaque dye - dye that does not allow the passage of X rays or other radiation; used to outline certain organs during X-ray examinationsaffranine, safranin, safranine - any of a class of chiefly red organic dyesTyrian purple - a red-purple to deep purple dye obtained from snails or made syntheticallyvat color, vat dye - a water-insoluble dye that is applied by reducing the dye to an alkaline form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the material; used for dyeing cottonwoad - a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant

dyestuff

nounSomething that imparts color:color, colorant, coloring, dye, pigment, stain, tincture.

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