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Colour of bad part of egg
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off-white
Word definitions for off-white in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ My uncle did it once-both ways-only it was off-white with stripes. ▪ The buildings were off-white and decorated in once-bright yellows, reds, oranges, and blues. ▪ The walls were beige up to about waist level, then turned off-white ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"white with a tinge of gray or yellow," 1927, from off (adv.) + white (n.).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of a very pale colour that is almost white. alt. A very pale colour that is almost white. n. A very pale colour that is almost white.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
off-white \off-white\ adj. tending toward white; not pure white. Syn: whitish.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. tending toward white [syn: whitish ] n. a shade of white the color of bleached bones [syn: bone , ivory , pearl ]
Usage examples of off-white.
At the hubs and junctions of the irrigation system, Auger made out the off-white sprawl of cities and townships, the tentative scratches of roads and the lines of tethered dirigibles.
Before Feather could respond, Hobart Batt, looking particularly stylish in an off-white suit and matching bow tie, bounced through the doorway.
She stepped into the sterile hallway, and the off-white walls and dimmer lighting surprised her.
Off-white in colour and with a decorative scroll of blue knotwork along the rim of the bowl and around the middle of the pitcher, the items required a subtle approach.
Kitty returned to the table, plonked down what appeared to be a hazard to shipping in off-white, dotted with black spots that could be raisins or detonators.
Off-white sialon crates lined the cut-rock walls while security monitors watched protectively over the long bay.
Tess took up the torn dress, an off-white satin gown with fine lace applique spilling over the shoulders into a free fall down the back, over the bustle, and along the edge of the train.
The walls have a stripy textured covering in two shades of gray below a pale-gray rail and an off-white pebbly covering above that.
Living Space USS Archerfish South of Karlskrona Baltic Sea Chief Monday awoke to find himself looking up at a perforated, off-white acoustic ceiling not two feet over his head.
The storefront ambience is dressed up by carved, off-white moldings and arches designed to mimic ivory, polychrome tapestry murals of Indian country scenes, posters of Bollywood movies.
They gaped dark in the gleaming tangle of fluffy limbs and antler-branches made of semiopaque, off-white glass.
Part of the inner-tower security quarters, it had no window, though the walls had been painted off-white to compensate, and a long beachscape, heavy on the purple end of the spectrum, hung opposite the desk.
Both the sideboard and bookcase were made from a light wood veneer, and the walls were emulsioned off-white.
Sam was wearing khakis and an off-white shirt, while she wore pleated pale camel challis trousers--now showing snags from the.
It was true that you did see signs of uniformity (one nation), all the people wearing off-white smocks and pink, gymkhana-sized rosettes, like that family over there, four of them, in perfect-family formation, man and woman and boy and girl, each with the squeamish smile of the future .