gray
(esp. Cdn, Br grey) /greɪ/ adj, n [C/U]Definition
› (of) the color that is a mixture of black and white, the color of clouds when it rains: a gray coat [U] She was dressed in gray. › Hair that has changed color to gray: He’s already beginning to turn gray. › If the weather is gray, there are a lot of clouds in the sky. › A gray area is an unclear situation, usually because the rules that relate to it are not known: Criminal negligence is a gray area.
(Definition of gray adj, n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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