plum-colored
plum-colored adjective: of a dark bluish-red color, the color of some plums.
Adjective
plum-colored (comparative more plum-colored, superlative most plum-colored)
- Of a dark bluish-red color, the color of some plums.
- On hind legs, with threatening yellow fangs and matted belly fur in her face, the bear swatted at her as if she were an insect. Gasping, nearly overcome from evading the swinging claws, she thrust the fork into the plum-colored mouth.2002 November 8, Midge Shusta, “Moon of the Green Mountain Mornings”, in Tsali’s Hatchet, [Bloomington, Ind.]: 1stBooks, →ISBN, page 86
- I found Patz’s car, a rusting plum-colored late-nineties Ford Probe whose description I remembered from Patz’s file, among the details Paul Duffy had begun to gather.2012, William Landay, “Running”, in Defending Jacob: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 136
- Synonyms:
- plum
Synonyms of plum-colored
Forms of plum-colored
| comparative | more plum-colored |
|---|---|
| superlative | most plum-colored |
| alternative form | plum colored |
| alternative form | plumcolored |
| alternative form | plum-coloured |
| alternative form | plum coloured |
| alternative form | plumcoloured |
Origin of plum-colored
From plum + colored or plum-color + -ed.
Words formed from plum-colored
Phrases with plum-colored
Questions about plum-colored
- What does plum-colored mean?
- Plum-colored means of a dark bluish-red color, the color of some plums.
- What part of speech is plum-colored?
- Plum-colored is an adjective.
Words near plum-colored in the dictionary
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