iron-gray
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈaɪərn ɡreɪ/
- US
:
gris hierro
- My grandfather was a dark Finn, short and spare, and in his later years little more than a scrap of twisted leather topped with a shock of iron-gray hair.
- iron-gray hair
Examples
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I only know that she had very short, chunky, iron-gray hair and a thick body.
Fiction book (1995) -
It was yapping to beat all hell, and it went right on yapping as its owner, a woman with iron-gray hair, a hatchet face, and a grim set to her mouth and shoulders, gave a small eek of surprise and dismay.
Fiction book (1999) -
A man with iron-grey hair walked among them.
Fiction book (1999) -
His strawberry hair had gone iron gray.
Fiction book (2001) -
He raked his fingers through his iron-grey hair.
Fiction book (1991) -
"He sank back and ran his hands through his stubbly iron-gray hair as he bowed his head and looked at the bags."
Fiction book (1999) -
He has an impressive shock of iron-gray hair combed back from the low V hairline of a teenager.
Fiction book (1999) -
Kitty Sheehy, thin and with iron-gray pincurls framing her face, was overanimated around me.
Fiction book (2001) -
She first became vaguely aware of it at about the time her beautician took to plucking iron-gray hairs from her head.
Fiction book (1996) -
A man with iron-gray hair walked among them.
Synonyms
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3.9
Having a very dark grey color like burned wood
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1.0
A very deep grey color that reflects little light
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3.5
A dark grey color with a slight blue or purple tone
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2.7
A color that is mainly blue with some gray
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4.8
A dark blue-gray color like a wet stone or a storm sky
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3.1
A very dark gray like the color of charcoal
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3.1
A dark color that is black with a little grey
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2.5
A grey color with a touch of blue
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3.4
A blue color like the sky when clouds make it less bright
A dark grey color with a slight blue or purple tone
A dark blue-grey color artists use in painting
A dark color with a little purple or blue used in painting
Very dark gray like the color of burned wood
A dark gray color that looks almost black
A very dark color that looks like black with a little grey
Having the gray color or look of stone
A very dark gray color often used for suits, coats, and paint
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Morphology
Etymology
The word iron-gray combines iron (the metal) and gray (the color), so it literally means a 'gray like iron' or a 'steely' shade. That's why we call hair, coats, or clothing iron-gray when they have that cold, metallic look.