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pastels

pastels is the plural of pastel.

Meaning of pastel

Noun (1)

pastel (countable and uncountable, plural pastels)

  1. Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue, and lavender.
  2. A drawing made with any of those colors.
  3. A type of dried paste used to make crayons.
  4. A crayon made from such a paste.
  5. Woad.
    • Wool was dyed in the pastel vat.

Noun (2)

pastel (countable and uncountable, plural pastels or pasteles)

  1. A traditional dish in various Latin American countries and in Indonesia, resembling a tamale, pasty, or calzone.

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Questions about pastels

What is pastels the plural of?
Pastels is the plural of pastel.

Words near pastels in the dictionary

  1. pastelles
  2. pastellic
  3. pastellist
  4. pastellists
  5. pastelly
  6. pastels
  7. pastepot
  8. pastepots
  9. paster
  10. Pasterka
  11. pastern

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