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• ash-blond
  ash-blond

  adjective

  pale, grayish blond.
• ash blond
  ash blond

  noun

ash-blond

American  

[ash-blond] / ˈæʃˈblɒnd /

Or ash-blonde

adjective

1. pale, grayish blond.

   ash-blond hair.

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ash blond British  

noun

1. 1. a very light blond colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      ash-blond hair

2. Also called: ash blonde.  a person whose hair is this colour

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Other Word Forms

• ash blond
  noun
• ash blonde
  noun

Etymology

Origin of ash-blond

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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ash-blond ash blond

At one point, she pulled out her phone and showed a picture of herself looking unhinged in an ash-blond wig, an outtake from “The Americans.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2023

She’s wearing a black hoodie, black T-shirt and black jeans and her hair is the coolest way out of the rock star-with-greying-hair conundrum I’ve seen – ash-blond over eyes still thick with black eyeliner.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 4, 2018

“She was about thirteen, with straight ash-blond hair of ear-lobe length.”

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 13, 2016

As he talked, he perched on an ash-blond wooden table in one of the incubator offices provided by the Council of Fashion Designers of America as part of its initiative to support emerging fashion businesses.

From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2013

She was about thirteen, with straight ash-blond hair of ear-lobe length, an exquisite forehead, and blasé eyes that, I thought, might very possibly have counted the house.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

As with them, his face is lit from above by a blinding white flash that hits his ash blond hair like a spotlight.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023

Police, who have appealed for sightings, described Mr Sambrook as white, 5ft 8ins, of medium build, with ash blond short hair, ginger/blond stubble, blue eyes, and has a West Yorkshire accent.

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2023

Then, the newly lightened hair is toned, a color-depositing process that gives highlights an exact shade — say, a cool ash blond or a warm bronze-y brown.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2020

Over and over, a wind gun blasts her with just enough force to make me worry about the integrity of her ash blond wig.

From Time ● Jun. 29, 2017

She was ash blond, petite, with a snub nose and huge blue eyes which she’d turn upwards during hymns.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood