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ecru
(eɪkruː)
colour
Something that is ecru is pale, creamy-white in colour.
...cuffs of ecru lace.
ecru in British English
(ˈɛkruː, ˈeɪkruː)
noun
1.
a greyish-yellow to a light greyish colour; the colour of unbleached linen
adjective
2.
of the colour ecru
Word origin
C19: from French, from é- (intensive) + cru raw, from Latin crūdus; see crudeecru in American English
(ˈɛkˌru; ˈeɪˌkru)
adjective, noun
light tan; beige
Word origin
Fr écru, unbleached, raw < OFr escru < es- (L ex-), intens. + cru, raw < L crudus (see crude): in reference to the color of unbleached linenImage ofecru
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Examples of 'ecru' in a sentenceecru
Word lists withecru
yellow- in association with
- in assorted sizes
- in a state
- in-a-state
- in a state/into a state
- in-a-state-into-a-state
- in a state of flux
- in a state of nature
- in a state of undress
- in a stew
- in astonishment
- in a suddenty
- in at
- in a tangle
- in a/the minority
- in-a-the-minority
- in a tight corner
- in-a-tight-corner
- in a tight corner/in a tight spot
- in-a-tight-corner-in-a-tight-spot
- in a tight spot
- in a trice
- in attendance
- inattention
- inattentive