"fire engine red" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more fire engine red [comparative], most fire engine red [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|head=fire engine red}} fire engine red (comparative more fire engine red, superlative most fire engine red)
  1. A bright red colour typically used on fire engines
    Sense id: en-fire_engine_red-en-adj-FDTyeKD1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51

Noun

Forms: fire engine reds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|head=fire engine red}} fire engine red (countable and uncountable, plural fire engine reds)
  1. A bright red colour typically used on fire engines Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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          "word": "cherry"
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          "word": "cinnabar"
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          "word": "damask"
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          "word": "fuchsia"
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          "word": "garnet"
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        {
          "word": "geranium"
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        {
          "word": "gules"
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        {
          "word": "hot pink"
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        {
          "word": "incarnadine"
        },
        {
          "word": "Indian red"
        },
        {
          "word": "magenta"
        },
        {
          "word": "maroon"
        },
        {
          "word": "misty rose"
        },
        {
          "word": "nacarat"
        },
        {
          "word": "oxblood"
        },
        {
          "word": "pillar-box red"
        },
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          "word": "Pompeian red"
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          "word": "red violet"
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          "word": "rose"
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          "word": "rouge"
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          "word": "ruby"
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          "word": "shocking pink"
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