What does ecru mean?
Ecru means A beige colour..
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/ˈɛkɹuː/ · noun
A beige colour..
We have descended Tian Shan and entered the Taklamakan Desert, a barren landscape painted in ecru—no shrubs, no grass, only waves upon waves of naked ridges the color of buff, the highest few spotted with white specks of snow.
Miriam fell in love with a tulle-and-lace gown, but Judy returned to the first one they'd looked at, an ecru satin bridal gown...
I might rethink my cream suit, I say. “Do you really have a cream suit?” she sighs. “Is it cream or is it ecru?” With that, I learn a new word.
Use ecru when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ecru means A beige colour..
Common synonyms include beige.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
We have descended Tian Shan and entered the Taklamakan Desert, a barren landscape painted in ecru—no shrubs, no grass, only waves upon waves of naked ridges the color of buff, the highest few spotted with white specks of snow.
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