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IRON-GREY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The color of freshly broken cast iron

Synonyms:

iron-gray; iron-grey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("iron-grey" is a kind of...):

gray; grayness; grey; greyness (a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black)

Derivation:

iron-grey (of the grey color of iron)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of the grey color of iron

Synonyms:

iron-gray; iron-grey

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

achromatic; neutral (having no hue)

Derivation:

iron-grey (the color of freshly broken cast iron)

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