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TAUPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does taupe mean?
• TAUPE (noun)
The noun TAUPE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: TAUPE used as a noun is very rare.
• TAUPE (adjective)
The adjective TAUPE has 1 sense:
1. of something having a dusky brownish grey color
Familiarity information: TAUPE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A greyish brown
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("taupe" is a kind of...):
brown; brownness (an orange of low brightness and saturation)
Derivation:
taupe (of something having a dusky brownish grey color)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of something having a dusky brownish grey color
Synonyms:
fuscous; taupe
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
Derivation:
taupe (a greyish brown)
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