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Madder in a sentence

Related words

Madder | Madd | Madding | Maddest | Madders

Madder meaning

  1. A herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye (alizarin) obtained from the root.
  2. The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye.
  3. A dye made from the plant.

Synonyms of Madder

rubia tinctorum madderwort rubiaceous plant redden

Related words

Other words often associated with Madder or its synonyms:

angiosperm colorize blush color flush discolour colour colorise crimson discolor

Madder vertaling naar Nederlands

meekrap meekraprood kraplak

Using Madder

  • The main meaning on this page is: A herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye (alizarin) obtained from the root. | The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye. | A dye made from the plant.
  • Useful related words include: rubia tinctorum, madderwort, rubiaceous plant, redden.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: meekrap, meekraprood, kraplak.
  • In the example corpus, madder often appears in combinations such as: the madder, madder plant, with madder.

Context around Madder

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

grow 1× rose 1× used 1×

Often after:

plant 3× valley 1× lake 1×

Sentence patterns with Madder

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

be even madder than he 1× colored with madder to make 1× dye from madder or cochineal 1× from the madder plant to 1× had the madder he gets 1× in the madder plant but 1× it with madder lake to 1× models the madder valley layout 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

america is run 1× chapman realised that 1× it duplicated the 1× like the egyptians 1× most violet fabric 1× other red lakes 1×

Common sentence endings:

and longer lasting 1× and other ingredients 1× by john ahern 1× inclined toward red 1× make red lacquerware 1× more luminous color 1×

Words around Madder

Just before it in the word index:

maddens 3 maddeningly 11 maddening 47 maddened 5 madden 280 maddalena 18

Just after it in the word index:

madders 2 maddest 3 maddi 16 maddicott 10 maddie 214 maddieson 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanand 16 abcd 16 abdurrahman 16 aberdour 16 abergele 16 abg 16

Corpus analysis for Madder

  • In this selection, "madder" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, grow, rose, used, plant, valley and lake stand out and add context to how "madder" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include be even madder than he and colored with madder to make. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "madder" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with madder

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

It duplicated the colorant in the madder plant, but was cheaper and longer lasting. (14 words)

Young seemed to grow madder by the second, even as he was praising her replacement. (15 words)

Chapman realised that it needed to be "madder", and came up with the parrot idea. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Turkey red used madder as the colorant, but the process was longer and more complicated, involving multiple soaking of the fabrics in lye, olive oil, sheep's dung, and other ingredients. (31 words)

America is run by a mad King who feels emboldened to be even madder than he has been in his first year-plus in the seat of ultimate power. (29 words)

While the Grey Hulk still had the "madder he gets, the stronger he gets" part that is similar to the Savage Hulk, it is on a much slower rate. (29 words)

Example sentences (12)

Like the Egyptians, they made a red dye from the madder plant to color silk fabric for gowns and used pigments colored with madder to make red lacquerware.

America is run by a mad King who feels emboldened to be even madder than he has been in his first year-plus in the seat of ultimate power.

Young seemed to grow madder by the second, even as he was praising her replacement.

Chapman realised that it needed to be "madder", and came up with the parrot idea.

It duplicated the colorant in the madder plant, but was cheaper and longer lasting.

Most violet fabric was made by the dyers who worked with red, and who used dye from madder or cochineal, so Medieval violet colors were inclined toward red.

Other red lakes were made from the rose madder plant and from the brazilwood tree.

Russet was a coarse homespun cloth made of wool and dyed with woad and madder to give it a subdued grey or brown shade.

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The museum also houses one of the earliest scenic models – the Madder Valley layout built by John Ahern.

Turkey red used madder as the colorant, but the process was longer and more complicated, involving multiple soaking of the fabrics in lye, olive oil, sheep's dung, and other ingredients.

Vermeer used different shades and tints of vermilion to paint the red skirt, then glazed it with madder lake to make a more luminous color.

While the Grey Hulk still had the "madder he gets, the stronger he gets" part that is similar to the Savage Hulk, it is on a much slower rate.

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Common combinations with madder

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "madder" in a sentence?
An example: "Like the Egyptians, they made a red dye from the madder plant to color silk fabric for gowns and used pigments colored with madder to make red lacquerware." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "madder" from authentic English texts.
What does "madder" mean?
Madder means: A herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye (alizarin) obtained from the root.
What are synonyms of "madder"?
Common synonyms of "madder" include: rubia tinctorum, madderwort, rubiaceous plant, redden.
What is "madder" in Dutch?
"madder" translates to Dutch as: meekrap, meekraprood, kraplak.
How many example sentences with "madder" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "madder", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.