blue

adjective (COLOUR)

/bluː/

Definition

A1 of the colour of the sky without clouds on a bright day, or a darker or lighter type of this: a faded blue shirt pale blue eyes Her hands were blue with cold (= slightly blue because of the cold).Common coloursLess common colours blueness

/ˈbluː.nəs/ noun [U] Common coloursLess common colours

(Definition of blue adjective (COLOUR) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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