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yellow

/ˈjɛloʊ/ noun A1
  1. The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems. (countable, uncountable)
  2. The middle light in a set of three traffic lights, the lighting of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so. (US, countable, uncountable)
  3. One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points. (countable, uncountable)
  4. One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally British version of pool that makes use of unnumbered balls (the yellow(s) and red(s)); contrast stripes and solids in the originally American version with numbered balls). (countable, uncountable)
  5. A yellow card. (countable, uncountable)
  6. A yellow dye or pigment. (countable, uncountable)
  7. A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of yellow pigment. (countable, uncountable)
  8. Something, or a part of a thing, which is yellow. (countable, uncountable)

Plural yellows

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A BIRDIE with a yellow bill
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 11 · C1
Some yellow and some red.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 15 · C1
The stone, with the white and the yellow and grey,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 16 · C1
“He has not eaten,” said Baloo, with a grunt of relief, as soon as he saw the beautifully mottled brown and yellow jacket.
The Jungle Book, p. 42 · B2

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