khaki
- adjective
- /ˈkɑːki/
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caqui
- My pants were khaki pants and my shirt was a khaki matching shirt.
He's wearing like a fleece and like khaki shorts.
- He's wearing like a fleece and like khaki shorts.
- I mostly wear like grey, black, white and khaki green.
- They're super wide and khaki or beige.
- And in the true spirit of autumn, I also picked one up in a khaki green because why ever not?
- I'm just trying to just going to do it up like this, like just as a plain khaki shirt.
- He said cocky khaki spelled as khaki jeans.
Examples
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He wore a khaki jacket that blended well with the outdoors.
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I'm going to mix it with this warm khaki colored matte shade that's in the contour kit.
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So since we just did that one, I also got it in what they call khaki, same size and it's the exact same style.
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This is just simply a khaki hoodie, and I really like it.
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The first one is a khaki T-shirt dress and my little boots.
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And in the true spirit of autumn, I also picked one up in a khaki green because why ever not?
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It's like this kind of khaki, green, grey and white stripe jumpsuit.
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But this is just a cropped ribs, khaki green coloured kind of camisole top.
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The soldiers were dressed in khaki uniforms for the mission.
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She chose a khaki skirt for her casual day out.
Synonyms
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1.0
Having a medium to dark color like wood or tanned skin
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2.0
A brownish yellow color like dry autumn leaves
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4.2
A light brown color like tanned leather
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A brown colour with red or yellow tones that looks cosy
A medium to dark brown with a little yellow in it
A yellow color with a little brown that looks warm and dull
A color between brown and yellow
Compounds
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Etymology
Khaki comes from the Hindi and Urdu word khak meaning 'dust'. Because the cloth was the color of dust, the name began to mean the yellowish-brown color itself, which is why we call clothing and fabric 'khaki' today.