Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mouse-colored

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables: mouse--col-ored
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a dull brown or dull gray color.

Example Sentences

"He had thrown off the seedy frockcoat, and now he was the Holmes of old in the mouse-coloured dressing-gown which he took from his effigy."

Inflected Forms

more mouse-colored (comparative) most mouse-colored (superlative)

Phrases

mouse-colored antshrike

Synonyms

mousy mousey mouselike

Questions

What does mouse-colored mean?: Having a dull brown or dull gray color.

How to pronounce mouse-colored

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