Cinnabar Synonyms

sĭnə-bär
Large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cinnabar-moth
  2. Callimorpha jacobeae
Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. vermilion
  2. vermillion
  3. chinese-red
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Words Related to Cinnabar

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. mercuric-sulfide
  2. Triple-spotted
  3. day-flying

Cinnabar Sentence Examples

  • Michoacan is essentially a mining region, producing gold, silver, lead and cinnabar, and having rich deposits of copper, coal, petroleum and sulphur.

  • It may be obtained direct from pure and bright coloured portions of the native ore cinnabar, or, artificially, by subliming a mixture of mercury and sulphur.

  • Veins of cinnabar are known elsewhere in the Rocky Mountain and Sierra Nevada regions but not in workable quantities.

  • Bosnia is rich in minerals, including coal, iron, copper, chrome, manganese, cinnabar, zinc and mercury, besides marble and much excellent building stone.

  • Silver and lead ores exist in the Altai and the Nerchinsk Mountains, as well as, copper, cinnabar and tin.

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