saffron vs slaughter

saffron

verb
  • To embellish. 

  • To add saffron to (a food), for taste, colour etc. 

  • To dye (a fabric, garment, etc.) with a saffron-based dye. 

  • To give a saffron colour to (something). 

  • To colour (a metal or wooden surface) with a gilding product containing saffron. 

noun
  • An orange-yellow colour, the colour of a lion's pelt. 

  • A spice (seasoning) and colouring agent made from the stigma and part of the style of the plant, sometimes or formerly also used as a dye and insect repellent. 

  • The plant Crocus sativus, a crocus. 

adj
  • Having an orange-yellow colour. 

slaughter

verb
  • To kill someone or something, especially in a particularly brutal manner. 

  • To butcher animals, generally for food. 

  • To massacre people in large numbers. 

noun
  • A rout or decisive defeat. 

  • A mass destruction of non-living things. 

  • The killing of animals, generally for food. 

  • A massacre; the killing of a large number of people. 

  • A group of iguanas. 

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