iron gray

noun

1. a medium shade of gray, like that of freshly broken iron.

Other Words From

• iron-gray adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of iron gray¹

before 1000; Middle English iren grei, Old English īsengrǣg

Example Sentences

The speaker looked up to meet the gaze of an iron-gray man with a harsh, sallow face.

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And, since he was her betrothed, one or two iron-gray hairs in the man's head had turned white, and lines deepened in his face.

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Right behind him was a tall, spare feller, with black eyes and straight iron-gray hair.

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He had high cheek bones and iron-gray hair which he wore rather long, and very black eyes.

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His long iron-gray hair fluttered in the wind, and his face seemed like a wizard's, penetrating but unearthly.

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