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US
/ˈsɪnəˌbɑɹ/
]
[ UK /sˈɪnɐbˌɑː/ ]
[ UK /sˈɪnɐbˌɑː/ ]
NOUN
- a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury
- large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort
ADJECTIVE
- of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
How To Use cinnabar In A Sentence
- In the 5th century B.C., Asian artists discovered that the mineral cinnabar produced a stable, vivid red.
- Cayenne pepper, which easily loses its red colour, was tinted with cinnabar, an extremely poisonous mercury compound.
- There's every chance of a real Bukhara rug with its 'lozenge' design in ruby and cinnabar that gleams when taken out to be beaten. Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'
- Cinnabar is heated in air until the mercuric sulfide of which it is made breaks down to yield pure mercury metal: HgS - heat Hg + S.
- Red cinnabar had been sprinkled over the body and grave goods.
- Some of the oldest focus not on gold but on cinnabar, the red mineral mercury sulphide.
- Allergy to tattoo pigment is rare, but reaction to cinnabar, the red pigment, is the most common.
- These last few have been days to hold on to: bright sunshine through fat-bottomed clouds; ringlet butterflies flickering over flowering grasses; yellow-and-black-banded cinnabar moth caterpillars twitching as they spun threads to tie themselves to ragwort; bright pink lip-gloss heads of pyramidal orchids – these things once observed becoming dearly held. Country diary: Wenlock Edge
- The yellow is paired with a brilliant, beautiful cinnabar red.
- Ragwort is the food plant for more than 70 species of insects, most notably the cinnabar moth.
