ashen
ashen is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 33 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Of or pertaining to the ash tree. "Ashen poles." Dryden.
- 2.Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray. The ashen hue of age. Sir W. Scott.
- 3.obs. pl. for Ashes. Chaucer.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- ash-colored
- ashy
- black
- calcareous
- chiaroscuro
- cinereous
- cineritious
- cool
- dingy
- drab
- dun
- favillous
- gray
- grey
- grisaille
- grizzled
- grizzly
- iron-gray
- leaden
- limy
- livid
- neutral
- pearly
- pepper
- roan
- russet
- sad
- salt
- silver
- silvery
- somber
- tint
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is ashen.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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