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Meaning of greige | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
ɡɹeɪʒ

Definitions

  1. Of clothing, textiles, etc.: neither bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed; unfinished.
    not-comparable
  2. Of a colour like that of unbleached or undyed fabric, between grey and beige.
    not-comparable

Equivalents

Français grège

Examples

“The rolls of greige cloth sat on the factory floor waiting to be printed.”
“To those who still deludedly think they prefer Star Wars over Ghostbusters, all I need to ask you is this: you don't really want to be a Jedi, do you? In a greige cowl, getting off with your sister, without a single gag across three films?”
““There he was … juiceless, on a greige banquette, staring up at my perfect terrace.[…]””

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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