Beige

/ˈbeɪʒ/ · noun

Meaning

A colour, variously defined from a pale brown, to a yellow greyish off-white..

Definitions by Sense

1. A colour, variously defined from a pale brown, to a yellow greyish off-white.
2. Debeige; a kind of woollen or mixed dress goods.
3. Having a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
4. (informal, originally US) Comfortably dull and unadventurous, in a way that suggests middle-class suburbia.

Example Sentences

Dagobert had only one customer, an American who wore square, rimless glasses and a beige suit and looked like a Wall Street tycoon.

Mr. Lauwaert of Sony said he realized that most consumers were not going to buy computers that cost far more than discount beige boxes.

Think about it: he grew up in Iowa, the beigest of states, was doted on, loved generously by his parents, the top of his class, probably voted Most Handsome of 2000.

In the beigest parts of suburbia where I grew up, bridge was a game played by groups of parents in recreation rooms furnished with upright pianos and souvenir sombreros.

For a meal of relentlessly beige food, may I suggest the beigest of wines? That would be chardonnay, which will go beautifully with Melissa Clark’s chicken potpie.

He has no criminal record. He has no traffic tickets. His social media posts are just like... he's beige.

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• beiges
• beiger
• more beige
• beigest
• most beige

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