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

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

Her hair had been hacked short, so its iron gray curls burst helter-skelter all over her narrow head.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

The color scheme is cinder block and corrugated iron, gray and dark gray, punctuated by bright splashes of color.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

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

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman