red

/red/ adj, n [C/U] (-dd-)

Definition

› (of) the color of fresh blood: red gloves [U] She wore red. [C] These reds don’t match. › physics Red is also the color of light with the longest waves that humans can see.

(Definition of red adj, n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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