ash-blond
or ash-blonde
[ ash-blond ]
/ ˈæʃˈblɒnd /
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
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How to use ash-blond in a sentence
She narrowed her eyes, bit her lip as if to chew over the question, and whisked some stray blond hairs away from her face.
After years at the head of a parochial school classroom, he could no longer distinguish one blond Irish Catholic kid from another.
Coren, a striking blond with an authoritative manner and a deep voice, stayed with the story all night and well into the next day.
The JMG office that just a few days ago received victims of human rights abuse is now empty, covered in black ash.
There were little blond girls in knit hats next to elderly African American women hobbling on canes.
In roots and tubers the variations are less, and all, except the potato and the turnip, contain about seven per cent of ash.
Saussure has also observed that the quantity of ash diminishes in certain plants when the seed has ripened.
Thus, it has been found that in early spring the wood of the young shoots of the horse-chesnut contains 9·9 per cent of ash.
The lighter the color of the tobacco the lighter the ash and the milder the flavor of the cigar.
Silica is an invariable constituent of the ash, but in most plants occurs but in small quantity.
British Dictionary definitions for 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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