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DARK-COLOURED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dark-coloured mean?
• DARK-COLOURED (adjective)
The adjective DARK-COLOURED has 1 sense:
1. having a dark color
Familiarity information: DARK-COLOURED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a dark color
Synonyms:
dark-colored; dark-coloured; dusky-colored; dusky-coloured
Similar:
colored; colorful; coloured (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination)
Context examples
Our own door flew open, and a lady, clad in some dark-coloured stuff, with a black veil, entered the room.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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