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Word entry · 5 letters

taupe

Best crossword clue

"Grayish brown"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /təʊp/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aeptuStarts with TEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. of something having a dusky brownish grey color

Word origin

Borrowed from French taupe, from Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of talpa.

Used in a sentence

  • At five o'clock the patch of daylight above the red-lighted exit door turned taupe, as though a gray curtain had been flung across it; […]
  • In the front room, on an old taupe overstuffed sofa, the head of the house lay in a blanket bathrobe, […]

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