Phrase Hound found 1,236 phrases and 669 compound words that contain red. The most common are listed below. Open red in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 1,236
- red wineRed-coloured wine made mostly from black grapes, including the skin.
- red flagA flag that is red, especially associated with leftist revolutionary ideologies.
- red lightA warning light, especially as a traffic signal indicating stop.
- red-hotHeated to the point that it glows with a visible red color.
- Red CrossAn international humanitarian organization that cares for the wounded, sick, and homeless.
- red carpetA strip of red carpet that is laid for a VIP to walk on.
- red lineThe thick red line on the ice which divides the rink in half.
- Red SeaA long, narrow sea between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula; links the Suez Canal with the Arabian Sea.
- red pepperA red-colored, ripe, bell or sweet pepper. Unripe peppers of this variety are green and edible but not as sweet.
- red-eyeAny of various animals that have red eyes.
- dark red
- red meatMeats such as beef that are dark red in colour when uncooked.
- Red SquareA large historical square in central Moscow.
- red tapeThe binding tape once used for holding important documents together.
- red herringA herring that is cured in smoke and brine strong enough to turn the flesh red; a type of kipper.
- red blood cellA type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte.
- Red ArmyName of the Soviet army in the period 1918–1946.
- see redTo become enraged, angry, or irritated.
- red onionA type of onion with reddish purplish skin.
- red cardA card displayed by the referee when a player is sent off for a serious infringement of the rules.
- Red ChinaThe People's Republic of China.
- Red RoomAccording to an urban legend, a room where people are tortured and murdered for an audience of viewers via the Dark Web, the viewers sometimes voting or bidding on the form of torture to be performed.
- red bookA book, often bound with a red cover, or online equivalent, that is an official, or canonical, collection of data, regulations, or writings.
- Red ListA list of endangered species, created by the World Conservation Monitoring Center.
- Red StarA depiction of a red star, often used as a symbol of communism and the Soviet Union.
Compound words 669
- neighborhoodThe residential area near one's home.
- infraredThe electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation, having a wavelength between 700 nm and 1 mm.
- hatredA strong aversion; an intense dislike.
- redheadA person with red hair.
- brotherhoodThe state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively).
- redwoodA tree of the species Sequoia sempervirens.
- kindredDistant and close relatives, collectively; kin.
- redneckA poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.
- reddishSomewhat red.
- redshiftAn increase in the wavelength of a photon or of light, corresponding to a lower frequency and a shift toward the red end of the electromagnetic spectrum.