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iron gray

noun

  1. a medium shade of gray, like that of freshly broken iron.


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Other Words From

  • iron-gray adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of iron gray1

before 1000; Middle English iren grei, Old English īsengrǣg

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Example Sentences

The speaker looked up to meet the gaze of an iron-gray man with a harsh, sallow face.

And, since he was her betrothed, one or two iron-gray hairs in the man's head had turned white, and lines deepened in his face.

Right behind him was a tall, spare feller, with black eyes and straight iron-gray hair.

He had high cheek bones and iron-gray hair which he wore rather long, and very black eyes.

His long iron-gray hair fluttered in the wind, and his face seemed like a wizard's, penetrating but unearthly.

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