- slate blue
- noun Date: 1796 a grayish-blue color
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slate blue
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slate blue — slate blue, adj. a moderate to dark grayish blue. [1790 1800] * * * … Universalium
slate blue — slate′ blue′ n. fia a moderate to dark grayish blue • Etymology: 1790–1800 … From formal English to slang
slate blue — noun : a variable color averaging a grayish blue that is redder and paler than electric, greener and less strong than copenhagen, redder, stronger, and slightly lighter than Gobelin, and greener and slightly paler than old china called also blue… … Useful english dictionary
slate-blue — See slate blue. * * * … Universalium
Slate-blue Seedeater — Taxobox name = Slate blue Seedeater status = NT | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis = Neognathae superordo = Neoaves ordo = Passeriformes subordo = Passeri infraordo =… … Wikipedia
slate blue — 1. noun A dark, bluish grey colour. 2. adjective Of a dark, bluish grey colour … Wiktionary
slate — slate1 [slāt] n. [ME sclate < OFr esclate, fem. of esclat: see SLAT1] 1. a hard, fine grained, metamorphic rock, typically formed from shale, that cleaves naturally into thin, smooth surfaced layers 2. a thin piece of slate or slatelike… … English World dictionary
Blue-billed Duck — Conservation status Near Threatened (I … Wikipedia
slate grey — slate blue/grey phrase a dark grey or greyish colour Thesaurus: colourshyponym Main entry: slate … Useful english dictionary
blue whale — blue′ whale′ n. mam a baleen whale, Balaenoptera musculus, having furrowed, slate blue skin: at up to 100 ft. (30.5 m) long, the largest mammal ever known • Etymology: 1850–55 … From formal English to slang
