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grey British English spelling


grey - noun

  • United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
  • Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
  • Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
  • any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
  • a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
  • clothing that is a grey color
  • horse of a light gray or whitish color

    • grey - verb

    • make grey
    • turn grey

    grey - adjective

    • of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
    • showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
    • used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
    • intermediate in character or position

    grey - thesaurus

    gray American English spelling   grayish American English spelling   grayness American English spelling   greyish British English spelling   greyness British English spelling   grizzly   hoar   hoary  


    View spelling list ey words and learn about the word grey in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 7. Long vowels e.g ee, ea or y? oa, o-e, or ow? u-e, ue, or ew?.

    Scrabble score for grey

    g is 2 r is 1 e is 1 y is 4
    Scrabble score = 8

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