silver-gray
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- adjective
- /ˈsɪlvərˌɡreɪ/
- US
- The kitten had soft silver-gray fur that glistened in the sunlight.
- silver-gray hair
- silver-gray eyes
Examples
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The artist chose a silver-gray paint to highlight the clouds in her landscape artwork.
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"Children?" her mother says, her blue eyes looking paler than ever beneath the silver-gray glasses she has worn for three decades.
Fiction book (1994) -
The hair was silver-gray. "Peaches," I said.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her silver-gray hair was cut short in a style that has been making the covers of women's fashion magazines lately.
Fiction book (1992) -
His sharply tailored silver-gray three-piece suit fit his short, athletic frame like a steel jacket fits a torpedo.
Fiction book (2001) -
Margaret, the nurse, had combed her silver-gray hair and knotted it into a bun at the back of her head.
Fiction book (1992) -
He was wearing a bright orange cap, and his hair was long, silver-gray, and messily tangled down to his shoulders.
Fiction book (1997) -
Her silver-gray hair curls in wisps and tendrils around her face and is gathered in a barrette at the back of the neck.
Fiction book (1994) -
He was seventy-one, his silver-gray hair thinner than his impressive gray beard, lean almost to the point of looking frail.
Fiction book (1994) -
Her dress was a beautiful silver-gray color, shimmering under the lights at the gala.
Synonyms
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A color between black and white like a cloudy sky
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A light gray color with a shiny metal look
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A light grey color that shines like a coin or moonlight
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Slightly like the color of old hair or a cloudy sky
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A shiny light grey color like the metal used for coins and jewelry
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A light gray color that looks like shiny silver
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A light grey colour that is slightly shiny like a coin
A light gray color like shiny metal
A pale shiny grey colour like the metal used for coins
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Etymology
Silver-gray is made from two simple words: silver, the metal with a 'shine', and gray, the color 'between black and white'. So, silver-gray means a grey color that looks like 'silver', bright and a little metallic.