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YELLOWED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yellowed mean?
• YELLOWED (adjective)
The adjective YELLOWED has 1 sense:
1. changed to a yellowish color by age
Familiarity information: YELLOWED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Changed to a yellowish color by age
Synonyms:
yellow; yellowed
Context example:
yellowed parchment
Similar:
old (of long duration; not new)
Context examples
On a table in the hall was a great bunch of keys, with a time-yellowed label on each.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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