Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tardis blue

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English

Syllables: tardis- blue
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The dark blue color of a traditional police box.

Uncountable

adj

Of this dark blue color.

Example Sentences

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"He wore a black button-down shirt and gray slacks. […] On his feet, he wore his lucky shoes. The TARDIS blue was the only real color on him."
"She wears a tacky T.A.R.D.I.S blue cardigan, buttoned to the max, over khaki slacks."
"She took a long drag and put the cigarette out in the blue ashtray on the living room table. Alex had given it to her two months after they first met. It was an odd, almost circular shape, but it was TARDIS blue and he thought Die might like it."

Etymology

From the color of the TARDIS, a time machine and spacecraft shaped like a police box, from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does tardis blue mean?: The dark blue color of a traditional police box.
Where does tardis blue come from?: From the color of the TARDIS, a time machine and spacecraft shaped like a police box, from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

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