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Pink Pɪŋk Noun Bre Dressed Bedroom Decorated Pale

Word pink
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / pɪŋk / NAmE / pɪŋk /
Example
  • she was dressed in pink.
  • the bedroom was decorated in pale pinks.
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pink

(noun)BrE / pɪŋk / NAmE / pɪŋk /
  1. the colour that is produced when you mix red and white together
    • She was dressed in pink.
    • The bedroom was decorated in pale pinks.
  2. a garden plant with pink, red or white flowers that have a sweet smell
  3. in good health
  4. Word Origin

    • noun sense 1 mid 17th cent.: from pink (the plant), the early use of the adjective being to describe the colour of the flowers of this plant. noun sense 2 late 16th cent.: perhaps short for pink eye, literally ‘small or half-shut eye’; compare with the synonymous French word oeillet, literally ‘little eye’.
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