POWDER BLUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does powder blue mean? 

• POWDER BLUE (noun)
  The noun POWDER BLUE has 1 sense:

1. a pale blue color with grey in it

  Familiarity information: POWDER BLUE used as a noun is very rare.

• POWDER BLUE (adjective)
  The adjective POWDER BLUE has 1 sense:

1. of a moderate to pale blue or purplish blue

  Familiarity information: POWDER BLUE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POWDER BLUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pale blue color with grey in it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("powder blue" is a kind of...):

blue; blueness (blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime)

Derivation:

powder blue (of a moderate to pale blue or purplish blue)

• POWDER BLUE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a moderate to pale blue or purplish blue

Synonyms:

powder blue; powdery-blue

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

Derivation:

powder blue (a pale blue color with grey in it)