iron gray

American  

noun

1. a medium shade of gray, like that of freshly broken iron.

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Other Word Forms

• iron-gray
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of iron gray

before 1000; Middle English iren grei, Old English īsengrǣg

Example Sentences

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iron gray

With short-cropped iron gray hair and an earnest, slightly distracted manner, Waschbusch came across as surprisingly cheerful — though he was also vigilant.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2012

Behind a scarred littered table a man with a fierce roach of iron gray hair peered at us over steel spectacles.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

And on they walked, trudging in silence under a sky that had finally darkened to a dull iron gray and remained there without getting any darker.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Above him the sky was iron gray, featureless and flat as a mirror.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

Thunderheads rolled in, painted the sky iron gray.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini