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KHAKI

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("khaki" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Derivation:

khaki (of a yellowish brown color)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a yellowish brown color

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

Derivation:

khaki (a sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms)

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