transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪskʌlə(r) ]
( discolours, discolouring, discoloured)
Note: in AM, use 'discolor'
If something discolours or if it is discoloured by something else, its original colour changes, so that it looks unattractive.
A tooth which has been hit hard may discolour...
Some oil had seeped out, discolouring the grass.
VERB : V , V n
• dis‧col‧oured
Some of the prints were badly discoloured.
ADJ
• dis‧col‧ora‧tion
...the discoloration of the soil from acid spills.
N-UNCOUNT