GRAYISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grayish mean? 

• GRAYISH (adjective)
  The adjective GRAYISH has 1 sense:

1. of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black

  Familiarity information: GRAYISH used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRAYISH (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black

Synonyms:

gray; grayish; grey; greyish

Context example:

a man with greyish hair

Similar:

achromatic; neutral (having no hue)

 Context examples 

Grossly, the malignant lesions are solid, nodular, and grayish.

(Cholangiocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is catalase and oxidase positive, produces a grayish white pigment, utilizes glucose, maltose, fructose, and sucrose, but not mannose or lactose, reduces nitrite, but not nitrate, synthesizes polysaccharides, and spontaneously agglutinates in saline.

(Neisseria sicca, NCI Thesaurus)