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

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