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beige
/ˈbeɪʒ/
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What does beige mean?
noun
- A colour, variously defined from a pale brown, to a yellow greyish off-white.
- Debeige; a kind of woollen or mixed dress goods.
adjective
- Having a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
More meanings (1)
adjective
- (informal) Comfortably dull and unadventurous, in a way that suggests middle-class suburbia.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbeɪʒ/
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It was of excellent material, a sort of beige, but it bore unmistakable signs of having been worn before.