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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

But the armed men with severe expressions who appeared in the doorway were wearing military uniforms different from the olive drab fatigues she had seen on Israeli soldiers.

The Ukrainian leader’s in-person appearance in his trademark olive drab underscored the centrality of the war for the G7 bloc of rich democracies.

He seems to enjoy the look of olive drab camouflage.

In addition to the vice minister of justice, Russian doctors, dignitaries from other health organizations, and ten Russian generals in olive drab uniforms sat on one side of the assembled tables.

He was still in shock when his comrades hoisted him out of a pickup truck and handed him to Yurii’s medical crew and the waiting olive drab van-turned-ambulance several minutes later.

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