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eau-de-nil

eau-de-nil is the alternative form of eau de nil.

Meaning of eau de nil

Noun

eau de nil (countable and uncountable, plural eau de nils)

  1. A pale green colour.
    • It was a sprawling town of upended concrete boxes tilting pastel rectangles up towards the hot sun: soft blues, prawn reds, pale chocolates, delicate eau de nils, primrose yellows[…].1968, Alan Burgess, The Word for Love, page 241

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Forms of eau-de-nil

pluraleau-de-nils

Questions about eau-de-nil

What is eau-de-nil the alternative form of?
Eau-de-nil is the alternative form of eau de nil.

Words near eau-de-nil in the dictionary

  1. eau de toilette
  2. eau de toilettes
  3. eau de vie
  4. eau de vies
  5. eau forte
  6. eau-de-nil
  7. eau-de-vie
  8. Eaude
  9. eaur
  10. eaus
  11. eaus de toilette

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