| English Dictionary |
STRAW-COLOURED
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
| IPA (US): |  |
Dictionary entry overview: What does straw-coloured mean?
• STRAW-COLOURED (adjective)
The adjective STRAW-COLOURED has 1 sense:
1. having the color of dry straw
Familiarity information: STRAW-COLOURED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the color of dry straw
Synonyms:
straw-colored; straw-coloured
Similar:
colored; colorful; coloured (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination)
Context examples
Within the first week of my passion, I bought four sumptuous waistcoats—not for myself; I had no pride in them; for Dora—and took to wearing straw-coloured kid gloves in the streets, and laid the foundations of all the corns I have ever had.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Tomorrow is another day." (English proverb)
"The hand with mud, the bread with honey." (Albanian proverb)
"Don't ask the singer to sing until he wishes to sing by himself." (Arabic proverb)
"If a caged bird isn't singing for love, it's singing in a rage." (Corsican proverb)
"The hand with mud, the bread with honey." (Albanian proverb)
"Don't ask the singer to sing until he wishes to sing by himself." (Arabic proverb)
"If a caged bird isn't singing for love, it's singing in a rage." (Corsican proverb)