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Ecru

//ˈɛkɹuː// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a beige colour. not-comparable

    "Miriam fell in love with a tulle-and-lace gown, but Judy returned to the first one they'd looked at, an ecru satin bridal gown..."

Noun
  1. 1
    A beige colour. countable, uncountable

    "We have descended Tian Shan and entered the Taklamakan Desert, a barren landscape painted in ecru—no shrubs, no grass, only waves upon waves of naked ridges the color of buff, the highest few spotted with white specks of snow."

  2. 2
    a very light brown wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French écru (“raw, unbleached”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French écru (“raw, unbleached”).

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