grege
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A fabric like silk that is not bleached or dyed
- noun
- Specialized
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grege
- Before any coloring process, the silk remains in its grege state.
Examples
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Scarves made from grege are popular for their subtle, earthy tones.
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The artisan preferred to work with grege because of its natural appearance and texture.
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This fabric is grege.
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I have a grege scarf.
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The artisan preferred to work with grege because of its natural appearance and texture.
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Scarves made from grege are popular for their subtle, earthy tones.
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Before any coloring process, the silk remains in its grege state.
Synonyms
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Cloth in its natural unbleached state before dyeing or finishing
is the same meaning but uses an alternate spelling form
How Natural
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun grege comes from the French greige, meaning 'raw cloth', and it names fabric that is still natural and has not been bleached or dyed. That is why scarves or silk in soft, earthy tones are called grege.