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dust-colored

dust-colored adjective: of a dull, pale, brownish color.

Adjective

dust-colored (comparative more dust-colored, superlative most dust-colored)

  1. Of a dull, pale, brownish color.
    • In the weak eyes of Venus, and in every reddish dust-colored hair in his shock of hair, there was a marked distrust of Wegg and an alertness to fly at him on perceiving the smallest occasion.1865, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

Forms of dust-colored

comparativemore dust-colored
superlativemost dust-colored
alternative formdust-coloured
alternative formdustcolored
alternative formdustcoloured

Questions about dust-colored

What does dust-colored mean?
Dust-colored means of a dull, pale, brownish color.
What part of speech is dust-colored?
Dust-colored is an adjective.

Words near dust-colored in the dictionary

  1. dust-bin
  2. dust-bins
  3. dust-brand
  4. dust-collector
  5. dust-collectors
  6. dust-colored
  7. dust-coloured
  8. dust-devil
  9. dust-devils
  10. dust-free
  11. Dust-Hole

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