Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having the color of soil or earth; reddish or reddish-brown.
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Examples
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As it's a mere sliver of a peninsula formed at the confluence of the earth-colored Mekong and Khan rivers, one can traverse the length of the main historical area of Luang Prabang in about an hour.
The Mekong's Last Undiscovered City Kevin Sintumuang 2011
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Instead I had a somewhat earth-colored soup, but no matter, it was delicious.
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My mother is wearing a bandanna on her head and she and my father have on sporty, earth-colored anoraks.
imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010
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My mother is wearing a bandanna on her head and she and my father have on sporty, earth-colored anoraks.
imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010
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Their homes are beautiful little rondavels and they even paint them with earth-colored clays.
Archive 2008-10-01 jen 2008
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Attentive eyes, eardrums tuned to the elusive sound of the diversion of resources, and brown, almost earth-colored, uniforms.
Yoani Sanchez: An Island Where Looting the State Is a Means of Survival 2010
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“I wish I could do something for you,” she said as she moved around her cozy yellow kitchen, fetching clunky earth-colored teacups and a pot of orange blossom honey.
The Opposite of Me SARAH PEKKANEN 2010
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Attentive eyes, eardrums tuned to the elusive sound of the diversion of resources, and brown, almost earth-colored, uniforms.
An Island Where Looting the State Is a Means of Survival 2010
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Their homes are beautiful little rondavels and they even paint them with earth-colored clays.
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The rough, earth-colored container hides in the back, close-mouthed, keeping its own counsel.
Natura Morte Bruce Schauble 2009
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