bottle-green
4.1
Dark green like the glass of a bottle
- adjective
- /ˈbɑːtəl ɡriːn/
:
verde botella
- He wore a bottle-green sweater that matched the color of the forest in winter.
Examples
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It was tinted bottle-green by the windshield glass, and it was blindingly clear.
Fiction book (2002) -
She painted her living room a warm shade of bottle-green to create a cozy atmosphere.
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The designer chose bottle-green curtains to complement the cream-colored walls.
Synonyms
bottle green
vsbottle-green
3.9
A dark green like the color of glass bottles
is the same meaning but written as a single hyphenated form
How Dark
Surface Forms
bottle-green positive
Morphology
Etymology
Bottle-green comes from the deep green color of glass bottles, so imagine an old green wine bottle. This is why bottle-green means a 'dark greyish-green', like the color of that bottle.