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Olive-drab
see synonyms of olive-drabAdjective
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Olive-drab
see synonyms of olive-drabnoun US
1.
a.
a dull but fairly strong greyish-olive colour
b.
(as adjective)
an olive-drab jacket
2.
cloth or clothes in this colour, esp the uniform of the US Army
. Abbreviation: ODadjective
US
of a dull but fairly strong greyish-olive colour
He wore an olive-drab shirt and army pants.
soldiers dressed in olive-drab uniform
Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Olive-drab
see synonyms of olive-drab1.
any of various shades of greenish brown, much used as a camouflage color in the armed forces
2.
woolen cloth dyed this color and used for uniforms by the U.S. Army
3. [pl.]
a uniform of this cloth
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Olive-drab
see synonyms of olive-drabn.
1. A grayish olive to dark olive brown or olive gray.
2.
a. Cloth of this color, often used in military uniforms.
b. also olive drabs A uniform made from cloth of this color.
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