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Mountbatten pink

Mountbatten pink noun: a pinkish-grey camouflage colour, used to paint several ships of the British Royal Navy during World War II.

Noun

Mountbatten pink (countable and uncountable, plural Mountbatten pinks)

  1. (historical) A pinkish-grey camouflage colour, used to paint several ships of the British Royal Navy during World War II.
    • Before long all the destroyers in his flotilla were painted medium grey with a dash of Venetian red, a tone that quickly became known as Mountbatten pink.2016, Kassia St Clair, The Secret Lives of Colour

Adjective

Mountbatten pink (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Of a pinkish-grey colour.

Forms of Mountbatten pink

pluralMountbatten pinks

Origin of Mountbatten pink

Named after the British naval officer Lord Mountbatten.

Questions about Mountbatten pink

What does Mountbatten pink mean?
Mountbatten pink means a pinkish-grey camouflage colour, used to paint several ships of the British Royal Navy during World War II.
What part of speech is Mountbatten pink?
Mountbatten pink can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Mountbatten pink?
The plural of Mountbatten pink is Mountbatten pinks.

Words near Mountbatten pink in the dictionary

  1. mountainwards
  2. mountainy
  3. mountant
  4. mountants
  5. Mountbatten
  6. Mountbatten pink
  7. Mountbatten pinks
  8. Mountbatten-Windsor
  9. mountboard
  10. mountboards
  11. Mountbolus

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