Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Red as a red rose.
  • noun A luminous and chromatic crimson.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Red as a rose; specifically (Zoöl.), of a pure purplish red color.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of a deep slightly bluish red color

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Examples

  • Bursting with things to see and do, this itinerary takes in the spectacular rose-red city of Petra, the salty waters of the Dead Sea and the chance to camp out under the stars in Wadi Rum.

    Guardian and Observer Readers' Travel Awards 2011: who made your holiday? 2011

  • These rose-red fruit, snow-white nubs left dangling and bare on slender green stalks, do not await Prince Charming's kiss.

    A bottle of raspberries Gill Hoffs 2011

  • These rose-red fruit, snow-white nubs left dangling and bare on slender green stalks, do not await Prince Charming's kiss.

    A bottle of raspberries Gill Hoffs 2011

  • Instantly, from an open-mouthed, fang-bristling dog in full career of attack, he melted into a bundle of softness and silkiness, that trotted to the open hand and kissed it with a tongue that flashed out between white gleaming teeth like a rose-red jewel.

    CHAPTER IV 2010

  • The designer matched the tux with platforms and a rose-red pocket square.

    Power Party Suits 2011

  • Together they traveled to Petra—the ancient rose-red capital of the Nabataeans–and the Dead Sea.

    A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

  • Together they traveled to Petra—the ancient rose-red capital of the Nabataeans–and the Dead Sea.

    A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

  • Together they traveled to Petra—the ancient rose-red capital of the Nabataeans–and the Dead Sea.

    A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

  • You don't need to read again about how incredible the rose-red city is, but what I'd underestimated was the staggering beauty of the landscape around it.

    Jordan's green crusade 2010

  • Margaret had come in flowery printed wool, soft and rose-red and disarming, hiding the steel-hard brain.

    They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff Josh Spilker 2010

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