ash-blond

or ash-blonde

[ ash-blond ]

/ ˈæʃˈblɒnd /

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adjective

pale, grayish blond: ash-blond hair.

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Origin of ash-blond

First recorded in 1900–05

OTHER WORDS FROM ash-blond

ash blond, ash blonde, noun

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How to use ash-blond in a sentence

He noted, too, that her gorgeous ash-blond hair had been carefully "done," piled in high masses above her petulant face.
The Winning Clue|James Hay, Jr.
Olive Dunleavy was shinily present, her ash-blond hair in a new coiffure.
The Trail of the Hawk|Sinclair Lewis
Had Jane told her firmly that she had not seen that comb in that ash-blond hair she might have been hypnotized into agreement.
The Copy-Cat and Other Stories|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Within the car, seen through the snow-mist, was a girl of twenty-two or three, with satiny slim features and ash-blond hair.
The Trail of the Hawk|Sinclair Lewis

She was perhaps forty; her hair was an unconvincing ash-blond; and if her chest was flat, her hips were ponderous.
Babbitt|Sinclair Lewis

British Dictionary definitions for ash-blond

ash blond

noun

a very light blond colour
(as adjective)ash-blond hair

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

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