drab
drab is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 33 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A lewd wench; a strumpet. Shak.
- 2.A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.
- 3.To associate with strumpets; to wench. Beau. & Fl.
- 4.A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth.
- 5.A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color.
- 6.Of a color between gray and brown. -- n. A drab color.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- ash-colored
- ashen
- ashy
- black
- calcareous
- chiaroscuro
- cinereous
- cineritious
- cool
- dingy
- 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).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is drab.
- What is a wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans called?
- What is to associate with strumpets; to wench. Beau. & Fl called?
- What is a kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth called?
- What is a dull brownish yellow or dull gray color called?
- What is of a color between gray and brown. -- n. A drab color called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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