Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A grayish to pale yellow or light grayish-yellowish brown.
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- noun A
beige colour. - adjective Of a
beige colour.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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What I mean is some pages are bright white, one kind of ecru and another is deep teal.
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What I mean is some pages are bright white, one kind of ecru and another is deep teal.
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They'll use simple ecru paper and black ink, which are ultimately saying, 'I don't want people to know everything about me.'
Leaving the Right Impression Lesley M. M. Blume 2011
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Beneath the luxurious coat, Sabrina wore an ecru angora turtleneck sweater over ecru wool gabardine slacks.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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Spray paint ecru to heat searing through my fingers I'm leaving this block of farce we've inhabited and lost: the rights to sleep facedown on canvas, away from red taxis and men shuffling in and out of banks, briefcases in hands to waste their lives; the rights to swing glass doors to the garden, benches to roll beer bottles and halve embraces to dark bird songs.
Last Night On Oil Street Nicolette Wong 2012
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As a designer, I know I could easily whip myself up some white confection or even ecru -- based on my age and shaded past to Sashay Shante down the aisle.
Malcolm Harris: The Dilemma of Gay Marriage: And What to Wear? Malcolm Harris 2011
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Equally eye-catching in a light olive, four button, single-breasted suit with an ecru cotton shirt and olive silk jacquard pattern tie was his best friend, Julian, whose outfit was complemented by brown calfskin oxfords.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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Equally eye-catching in a light olive, four button, single-breasted suit with an ecru cotton shirt and olive silk jacquard pattern tie was his best friend, Julian, whose outfit was complemented by brown calfskin oxfords.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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Beneath the luxurious coat, Sabrina wore an ecru angora turtleneck sweater over ecru wool gabardine slacks.
Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011
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As a designer, I know I could easily whip myself up some white confection or even ecru -- based on my age and shaded past to Sashay Shante down the aisle.
Malcolm Harris: The Dilemma of Gay Marriage: And What to Wear? Malcolm Harris 2011
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