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View synonyms for olive drab

olive drab

noun

, plural olive drabs
  1. a deep olive color.
  2. woolen cloth of this color, used especially for U.S. Army uniforms.
  3. a military uniform made from this cloth.


olive drab

noun

    1. a dull but fairly strong greyish-olive colour
    2. ( as adjective )

      an olive-drab jacket

  1. cloth or clothes in this colour, esp the uniform of the US Army OD
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of olive drab1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences

Meathead nodded down the hallway where two olive drab duffel bags and a rucksack sat next to the front door.

It was a trim body, they could see from where they stood, clad in dark garments of olive drab that hugged the lean limbs close.

His olive drab was tattered and stained; he must have lost his cap or sold it to buy tobacco.

And you can't be funny, can you, when you're hypnotised by three stony-faced females all doubled up over a bunch of olive-drab?

The service uniform is either cotton (summer) or woolen (winter) olive drab.

Never appear outside your room or tent with your coat or olive-drab shirt unbuttoned or collar of coat unhooked.

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