OLIVE DRAB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does olive drab mean? 

• OLIVE DRAB (noun)
  The noun OLIVE DRAB has 3 senses:

1. a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown

2. military uniform of the United States Army; made from cloth of a dull olive color

3. a cloth of an olive-brown color used for military uniforms

  Familiarity information: OLIVE DRAB used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLIVE DRAB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

drab; olive drab

Hypernyms ("olive drab" is a kind of...):

olive (a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Military uniform of the United States Army; made from cloth of a dull olive color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

olive-drab uniform; olive drab

Hypernyms ("olive drab" is a kind of...):

military uniform (prescribed identifying uniform for soldiers)

Meronyms (substance of "olive drab"):

olive drab (a cloth of an olive-brown color used for military uniforms)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A cloth of an olive-brown color used for military uniforms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("olive drab" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Holonyms ("olive drab" is a substance of...):

olive-drab uniform; olive drab (military uniform of the United States Army; made from cloth of a dull olive color)