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beige

/ˈbeɪʒ/

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What does beige mean?

noun

  1. A colour, variously defined from a pale brown, to a yellow greyish off-white.
  2. Debeige; a kind of woollen or mixed dress goods.

adjective

  1. Having a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
More meanings (1)

adjective

  1. (informal) Comfortably dull and unadventurous, in a way that suggests middle-class suburbia.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈbeɪʒ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈbeɪd͡ʒ/
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It was of excellent material, a sort of beige, but it bore unmistakable signs of having been worn before.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adventures of Sherlock HolmesProject Gutenberg ebook #1661