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duck-egg blue

duck-egg blue noun: a pale greenish blue colour, like that of some duck eggs.

Noun

duck-egg blue (plural duck-egg blues)

  1. A pale greenish blue colour, like that of some duck eggs.

Adjective

duck-egg blue (comparative more duck-egg blue, superlative most duck-egg blue)

  1. Of a pale greenish blue colour, like that of some duck eggs.
    • The walls were duck's-egg blue and in the centre of each was a colour print of tropical flowers in a bamboo frame.1954, Ian Fleming, “The Everglades”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 126

Forms of duck-egg blue

Noun
pluralduck-egg blues
alternative formduck's-egg blue
Adjective
comparativemore duck-egg blue
superlativemost duck-egg blue

Questions about duck-egg blue

What does duck-egg blue mean?
Duck-egg blue means a pale greenish blue colour, like that of some duck eggs.
What part of speech is duck-egg blue?
Duck-egg blue can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of duck-egg blue?
The plural of duck-egg blue is duck-egg blues.

Words near duck-egg blue in the dictionary

  1. duck-bills
  2. duck-butter
  3. duck-drownder
  4. duck-drownders
  5. duck-drowner
  6. duck-egg blue
  7. duck-egg blues
  8. duck-face
  9. duck-faces
  10. duck-footed
  11. duck-frost

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