Cinereous
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adjective.
Consisting of or resembling ashes.
adjective.
Of a gray color tinged with black.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Like ashes; having the color of the ashes of wood; dark opaque gray; ash-gray.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Like ashes; ash-colored; grayish.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
An ash-gray colour.
adjective.
Of an ash-gray colour.
adjective.
Like
ashes
.
adjective.
Containing
ashes
.
Word Usage
"I try to think of all the Audubon birds I know and list them in my head: Painted bunting, swallow-tailed hawk, great cinereous owl, whip-poor-will, the hemlock warbler..."
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Colours
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
blueish
closely-cropped
dusty-looking
gas-lit
ill-shaven
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
ash-colored
grayish