| Main Entry: | gray/grey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | muted silver in color |
Synonyms: |
ash, ashen, battleship, cinereal, clouded, dingy, dove, drab, dusky, dusty, granite, heather, iron, lead, leaden, livid, mousy, neutral, oyster, pearly, peppery, powder, sere, shaded, silvered, silvery, slate, smoky, somber, stone |
| Main Entry: | gray |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silver |
Synonyms: |
ash, ashen, cinereal, clouded, dappled, dingy, dove, drab, dusky, dusty, grey, heather, iron, lead, leaden, livid, mousy, neutral, oyster, pearly, peppery, powder, sere, shaded, silvered, silvery, slate, smoky, somber, stone |
| Notes: | the distinction in spelling between British grey and American gray is recent, popping up in Samuel Johnson's dictionary |
| Main Entry: | blond |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | light-haired |
Synonyms: |
ash, bleached, blonde, color, fair, flaxen, gold, golden, light, platinum, sandy, straw, towheaded, yellow |
Antonyms: |
brunet, brunette |
| Main Entry: | gray |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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| Concept: | Gray. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; light; specific light |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
gray; neutral tint, silver, pepper and salt, chiaroscuro, grisaille., [Pigments] Payne's gray; black.
-adjectives
gray, grey; iron-gray, dun, drab, dingy, leaden, livid, somber, sad, pearly, russet, roan; calcareous, limy, favillous; silver, silvery, silvered; ashen, ashy; cinereous, cineritious; grizzly, grizzled; slate-colored, stone-colored, mouse-colored, ash-colored; cool.
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