Meaning & use
ash gray
Having a pale grayish color similar to the color of ash left after something has burned.
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Winter left the old fence an ash-gray color, faded and weathered by years of rain.
Her ash-gray hair made her look distinguished rather than merely old.
A note on using this word
Ash gray names both the color itself and the adjective describing it; it is often hyphenated when placed before a noun.
Words with a similar meaning
pale graydove gray
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