ash gray

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noun

pale gray resembling the color of ashes.

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Nearby words

ash can, ash can school, ash color, ash fall, ash flow, ash gray, ash wednesday, ash-blond, ash-shaytān, asha, ashab

Origin of ash gray

First recorded in 1790–1800

Also called ash color.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for ash gray

In a few days the town of Brussels swarmed with ash-gray garments, such as were usually worn by mendicant friars and penitents.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1-20|Various
His hair is flaxen, falling into the ash-gray or darker; fine copious flowing hair, while he wore it natural.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Volume IV. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
The oxide is of an ash-gray colour, and is obtained by precipitation with an alkali from the solution of the muriate or nitrate.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
Here and there were patches of vivid green bilberry, silvery spagnum, or ash-gray burnt fibre.
Mrs. Severn, Vol. 1 (of 3)|Mary Elizabeth Carter

Trees or shrubs three to ten feet high, with ash-gray bark and branchlets occasionally spinescent.
The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits|Mary Elizabeth Parsons