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GRAY-WHITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gray-white mean? 

GRAY-WHITE (adjective)
  The adjective GRAY-WHITE has 1 sense:

1. of white tinged with greyplay

  Familiarity information: GRAY-WHITE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GRAY-WHITE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of white tinged with grey

Synonyms:

gray-white; grayish-white; grey-white; greyish-white

Similar:

achromatic; neutral (having no hue)


 Context examples 


A naturally occurring, fibrous and silky, serpentine asbestos mineral with a color ranging from gray-white to yellow-green and is the most abundant and widely-used form of asbestos.

(Chrysotile Asbestos, NCI Thesaurus)



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