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beige
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun beige has 1 sense
- beige(n = noun.attribute) ecru - a very light brown; Array is a kind of light brown
Derived form adjective beige1
Adjective beige has 1 sense
- beige(s = adj.all) Array - of a light greyish-brown color; Array Derived form noun beige1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
beige, n. & adj.
--n. a pale sandy fawn colour.
--adj. of this colour.
--n. a pale sandy fawn colour.
--adj. of this colour.
Etymology
F: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
beige
aureate, auric, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet, buff, buff-yellow, canary, canary-yellow, chocolate, cinnamon, citron, citron-yellow, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, cream, creamy, drab, dun, dun-brown, dun-drab, ecru, fallow, fawn, fawn-colored, flaxen, fuscous, gilded, gilt, gold, gold-colored, golden, grege, hazel, khaki, lemon, lemon-yellow, lurid, luteolous, lutescent, nut-brown, ocherish, ocherous, ochery, ochreous, ochroid, ochrous, ochry, olive-brown, olive-drab, or, primrose, primrose-colored, primrose-yellow, saffron, saffron-colored, saffron-yellow, sallow, sand-colored, sandy, seal, seal-brown, sepia, snuff-colored, sorrel, straw, straw-colored, tan, taupe, tawny, toast, toast-brown, umber, umber-colored, walnut, walnut-brown, xanthic, xanthous, yellow, yellowish, yellowish-brown
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