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off white

off white is the alternative spelling of off-white.

Meaning of off-white

Adjective

off-white (not comparable)

  1. Of a very pale colour that is almost white.
    • The ceiling panels are in off-white eggshell semi-matt finish.1959 January, “Single-Unit Diesel Railcars for the Western Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 57

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Forms of off white

comparativemore off white
superlativemost off white

Questions about off white

What is off white the alternative spelling of?
Off white is the alternative spelling of off-white.

Words near off white in the dictionary

  1. off times
  2. off to the races
  3. off topic
  4. off vocal
  5. off vocals
  6. off white
  7. off wiki
  8. off with someone's head
  9. off with the fairies
  10. off with their head
  11. off worlder

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Adapted from Wiktionary: off white (page history and authors); off-white (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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