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safety oranges

safety oranges is the plural of safety orange.

Meaning of safety orange

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 oranges

What is safety oranges the plural of?
Safety oranges is the plural of safety orange.

Words near safety oranges in the dictionary

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

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