abraum

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From German abräumen (“to remove”), from ab (“from”), from Old High German aba (“away”) + German raum (“space”), from Old High German rūm.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑˌpɹaʊm/

Noun

abraum (uncountable)

  1. A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.

References
  1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 5

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