blaze orange

noun

: a very bright orange used in clothing especially by hunters for visibility

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The rest of the sneaker is colored in a solid black with blaze orange-like accents filling in the Air units and details. — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 The bright six-inch orange handle goes great with your other blaze orange hunting gear and comes with black rubber inserts that make for a better grip. — Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025 Seemingly everyone and their brother is throwing on blaze orange, tromping around the woods, and maybe having a beer or two after the hunt. — Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2025 In a hearing room stuffed with more than 400 people, hunt proponents, many wearing blaze orange hunter’s togs,applauded and some pumped their fists. — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for blaze orange

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1958, in the meaning defined above

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