makoré
/makəˈreɪ/(also makora, makore, makori)
noun
A large West African tree, Tieghemella heckelii, of the family Sapotaceae; the reddish- or purplish-brown, sometimes dark-streaked, wood of this tree.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in John H. Holland (b. 1869). From a language of Ivory Coast, probably via French (not attested in French before 1931).
- Judas-colored
- be (or be caught) in a cleft stick
- be (or come) along
- be (or come) late to the party
- be (or come) nowhere
- be (or find oneself) in a minority of one
- be (or get) across something
- be (or get) dialled in
- be (or get) lost in the shuffle
- be (or get) mixed up in
- be (or get) mixed up with
- be (or get) shut of
- be (or go) on the lash
- be (or go) on the piss
- be (or go) on the shicker
- be (or have a) down on
- be (or have something) written all over one (or one's face)
- be (or look) a picture
- be (or make) friends with
- be (or make) so bold (as to do something)
- be (or put oneself) in another person's shoes
- be (or stand) in awe of
- Beothuk
- be out of here (or there)
- be out of (or have gone out with) the ark