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blue-gray

blue-gray adjective: of a bluish grey color.

Adjective

blue-gray (comparative more blue-gray, superlative most blue-gray)

  1. Of a bluish grey color.
    • With flutters of white showing in his big blue-gray wings, he dropped from twig to twig1840, Patten Beard, “Peter of the Wild Rose-Tree”, in St. nicholas: A Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls, volume 41, part 2
    Synonyms:
    gray-blue, grey-blue, blae

blue-gray meaning in Persian

blue-gray in Persian

color — see also the hyponyms listed above
کبود kabôd, خشین xašin

Synonyms of blue-gray

Forms of blue-gray

comparativemore blue-gray
superlativemost blue-gray
alternative formblue-grey

Origin of blue-gray

From blue + gray.

Questions about blue-gray

What does blue-gray mean?
Blue-gray means of a bluish grey color.
What is blue-gray in Persian?
Blue-gray in Persian is کبود (kabôd), خشین (xašin). See Blue-gray meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is blue-gray?
Blue-gray is an adjective.

Words near blue-gray in the dictionary

  1. blue-faced honeyeater
  2. blue-faced honeyeaters
  3. blue-faced rail
  4. blue-footed booby
  5. blue-fronted jay
  6. blue-gray
  7. blue-green
  8. blue-green alga
  9. blue-green algae
  10. Blue-Green alliance
  11. Blue-Green alliances

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