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Grey

Gray

/ˈɡreɪ/

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grey

Dictionary meaning

Of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black.

Examples

  • The little grey cells.
  • A grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal.

Synonyms: gray, greyish, grayish

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