Meaning & use

grey-and-white

adjective·Everyday

Having a coloring or pattern made up of grey and white, especially describing an animal's fur or feathers.

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The grey-and-white cat curled up on the warm windowsill all afternoon.

A grey-and-white seagull circled the harbor looking for scraps of food.

A note on using this word

Both 'grey' and 'gray' are correct spellings; grey is more common in British English and gray in American English.

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gray-and-white

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