American yellow

noun

: a variety of chrome yellow in the preparation of which alum and barium sulfate are used

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1901, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for American yellow

• cello
• fellow
• jello
• mellow
• melo
• velo
• marshmallow
• morello
• othello
• schoolfellow
• portobello
• violoncello