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OFF-WHITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does off-white mean?
• OFF-WHITE (noun)
The noun OFF-WHITE has 1 sense:
1. a shade of white the color of bleached bones
Familiarity information: OFF-WHITE used as a noun is very rare.
• OFF-WHITE (adjective)
The adjective OFF-WHITE has 1 sense:
1. of something having a color tending toward white
Familiarity information: OFF-WHITE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shade of white the color of bleached bones
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("off-white" is a kind of...):
white; whiteness (the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black))
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of something having a color tending toward white
Synonyms:
off-white; whitish
Similar:
achromatic; neutral (having no hue)
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