ecru
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 4
/ˈɛkɹuː/
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/ˈɛkɹuː/ · /ˈeɪkɹuː/
Definition of ecru
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A beige colour.
“We have descended Tian Shan and entered the Taklamakan Desert, a barren landscape painted in ecru—no shrubs, no grass, only waves upon waves of naked ridges the color of buff, the highest few spotted with white specks of snow.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)A beige colour.
“We have descended Tian Shan and entered the Taklamakan Desert, a barren landscape painted in ecru—no shrubs, no grass, only waves upon waves of naked ridges the color of buff, the highest few spotted with white specks of snow.”
adj
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(not-comparable)Of a beige colour.
“Miriam fell in love with a tulle-and-lace gown, but Judy returned to the first one they'd looked at, an ecru satin bridal gown...”
“I might rethink my cream suit, I say. “Do you really have a cream suit?” she sighs. “Is it cream or is it ecru?” With that, I learn a new word.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from French écru (“raw, unbleached”).
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