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kendal green

Kendal green
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ken-dl]
    • /ˈkɛn dl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ken-dl]
    • /ˈkɛn dl/

Definitions of kendal green words

  • noun kendal green a coarse woolen cloth, green in color. 1
  • noun kendal green a shade of green produced by a dye extracted from the woadwaxen plant. 1
  • noun kendal green a green woollen cloth, formerly worn by foresters 0
  • noun kendal green the colour of this cloth, produced by a dye obtained from the woad plant 0
  • noun kendal green A coarse green woolen cloth. 0
  • noun kendal green A light greyish green colour, like that of the cloth. 0

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Origin of kendal green

First appearance:

before 1505
One of the 26% oldest English words
First recorded in 1505-15; named after Kendal, town in Westmoreland, England, where the cloth was originally woven and dyed

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Parts of speech for Kendal green

noun
adjective
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adverb
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preposition
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kendal green popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

kendal green usage trend in Literature

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