dictionary definitions for "khaki"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  khaki
      adj : of a yellowish brown color
      n : a sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used
          especially for military uniforms

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Khaki \Kha"ki\, n.
     Any kind of khaki cloth; hence, a uniform of khaki or,
     rarely, a soldier clad in khaki. In the United States and
     British armies khaki or cloth of a very similar color is
     almost exclusively used for service in the field.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Khaki \Kha"ki\ (k[aum]"k[-e]), a. [Hind. kh[=a]k[imac], lit.,
     dusty, dust-colored, fr. Per. kh[=a]k dust.]
     Of a dull brownish yellow, or drab color; -- applied to
     cloth, originally to a stout brownish cotton cloth, used in
     making uniforms in the Anglo-Indian army.
  
     Note: In the United States service the summer uniform of
           cotton is officially designated khaki; the winter
           uniform of wool, olive drab.
           [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  colorful \colorful\ adj.
     1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
           shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
           prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed,
           empurpled}]
  
     Syn: colourful.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
        or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
        flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy,
        jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque]
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
        as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
        monochrome.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber,
           brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn,
           reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
           azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor,
           bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
           bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
           blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
           brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary,
           canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
           chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored,
           earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green,
           dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender,
           lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley,
           multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
           painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
           varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored;
           ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
           orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
           purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine,
           cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
           scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
           rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown,
           snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
           snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
           brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color,
           straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine;
           tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion,
           vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish;
           yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae
           bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress
           green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey,
           honey-colored}; {hued(postnominal)}; magenta;
           maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
           sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
           light.]
  
     Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
          [WordNet 1.5]


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