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noun

pale gray resembling the color of ashes.

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Also called ash color .

Origin of ash gray

First recorded in 1790–1800

Words nearby ash gray

Asheville, ash fall, ash flow, Ashford, Ashgabat, ash gray, Ashikaga, Ashk., Ashkenaz, Ashkenazi, Ashkenazy

How to use ash gray in a sentence

Soft steel and cast iron will have the appearance of an ash-gray tint; tempered steels will be black; and pudp.
Practical Mechanics for Boys|J. S. Zerbe
In a few days the town of Brussels swarmed with ash-gray garments such as were usually worn by mendicant friars and penitents.
The Revolt of The Netherlands, Complete|Friedrich Schiller
On shaded sandstone, intermingled with an ash-gray, crustose thallus, which appeared like a sterile Pertusaria.
Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6|Bruce Fink and Leafy J. Corrington
Ash gray is given for 30 pounds of woollen stuff, by one pound of gall-nuts, 1⁄2 lib.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure

Mouse-gray is obtained, when with the same proportions as for ash-gray, a small quantity of alum is introduced.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure