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Pos: Noun
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun khaki has 1 senses

   khaki(n = noun.artifact) - a sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms;
is a kind of
cloth, fabric, material, textile
Derived form adjective khaki1


Adjective khaki has 1 senses

   khaki(s = adj.all) - of a yellowish brown color;
Derived form noun khaki1


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

khaki, a. [Hind. khākī, lit., dusty, dust-colored, fr. Per. khāk dust.].

   Of a dull brownish yellow, or drab color; -- applied to cloth, originally to a stout brownish cotton cloth, used in making uniforms in the Anglo-Indian army.
"In the United States service the summer uniform of cotton is officially designated khaki; the winter uniform of wool, olive drab." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


khaki, n.

   Any kind of khaki cloth; hence, a uniform of khaki or, rarely, a soldier clad in khaki. In the United States and British armies khaki or cloth of a very similar color is almost exclusively used for service in the field. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

khaki, adj. & n.
--adj. dust-coloured; dull brownish-yellow.
--n. (pl. khakis)
1 khaki fabric of twilled cotton or wool, used esp. in military dress.
2 the dull brownish-yellow colour of this.

Etymology:
Urdu kaki dust-coloured f. kak dust


[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Brown

N  brown, bister ocher, sepia, Vandyke brown, brown, bay, dapple, auburn, castaneous, chestnut, nut-brown, cinnamon, russet, tawny, fuscous, chocolate, maroon, foxy, tan, brunette, whitey brown, fawn-colored, snuff-colored, liver-colored, brown as a berry, brown as mahogany, brown as the oak leaves, khaki, sun-burnt, tanned.


[RELATED WORDS]

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