Definition:
- (a.) Situated or being beyond the sea.
- (n.) A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli, but now produced in large quantities by fusing together silica, alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass, colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. Also used adjectively.
Compare ultramarine with other words:
ultramarine vs. woad
pigment vs. ultramarine
blue vs. ultramarine