olive drab

olive drab

n.

1. A grayish olive to dark olive brown or olive gray.

2.

a. Cloth of this color, often used in military uniforms.

b. also olive drabs A uniform made from cloth of this color.

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olive-drab (lv-drb) adj.

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olive drab

n US

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)

a.  a dull but fairly strong greyish-olive colour

b.  (as adjective) an olive-drab jacket

2. (Clothing & Fashion) cloth or clothes in this colour, esp the uniform of the US Army Abbreviation OD

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	olive drab - a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown drab olive - a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation
	2.	olive drab - military uniform of the United States Army; made from cloth of a dull olive color olive-drab uniform military uniform - prescribed identifying uniform for soldiers olive drab - a cloth of an olive-brown color used for military uniforms armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
	3.	olive drab - a cloth of an olive-brown color used for military uniforms cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" olive-drab uniform, olive drab - military uniform of the United States Army; made from cloth of a dull olive color