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safety orange

safety orange noun: a hue of orange used to set objects apart from their surroundings, particularly in complementary contrast to the azure color of the sky; commonly used in the US for traffic cones and other construction zone marking.

Noun

safety orange (uncountable)

  1. A hue of orange used to set objects apart from their surroundings, particularly in complementary contrast to the azure color of the sky; commonly used in the US for traffic cones and other construction zone marking.

Questions about safety orange

What does safety orange mean?
Safety orange means a hue of orange used to set objects apart from their surroundings, particularly in complementary contrast to the azure color of the sky; commonly used in the US for traffic cones and other construction zone marking.
What part of speech is safety orange?
Safety orange is a noun.

Words near safety orange in the dictionary

  1. safety locks
  2. safety match
  3. safety matches
  4. safety net
  5. safety nets
  6. safety orange
  7. safety oranges
  8. safety paper
  9. safety papers
  10. safety pin
  11. safety pins

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