Definition of Ash grey

1. Noun. A light shade of grey.

Exact synonyms: Ash Gray, Silver, Silver Gray, Silver Grey
Generic synonyms: Gray, Grayness, Grey, Greyness
Derivative terms: Silver, Silver, Silvery

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ash Grey

ash-blonde
ash-fire
ash-gray
ash-grey
ash-key
ash-leaf
ash-leaved maple
ash-pan
ash bin
ash blonde
ash blondes
ash cake
ash cash
ash gourd
ash gray
ash grey (current term)
ash tree
ash wednesday
ashake
asham'd
ashame
ashamed
ashamed(p)
ashamedly
ashamedness
ashames
ashaming
ashbin
ashburtonite
ashcake

Literary usage of Ash grey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A System of Chemistry by Thomas Thomson (1810)
"ash grey. The colour of well burnt wood ashes. 3. Velvet black. ... Snow white with a little crimson red and ash grey. Yellowish white. ..."

2. Metallurgy: The Art of Extracting Metals from Their Ores by John Percy (1875)
"Colour of the ash, grey. 84. Rhondda "Waterfall Colliery, Glyn Neath, Glamorganshire. Coke lustrous, firm, and coherent. Colour of the ash, pinkish-grey. ..."

3. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"An adult bird, killed in October, had the head and neck ash- grey, varied with dark brown; the back and wing-coverts nearly uniform dusky-brown, ..."

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