steel blue

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [steel bloo]
- /stil blu/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [steel bloo]
- /stil blu/

Definitions of steel blue words

noun steel blue dark bluish gray. 1
noun steel blue a dark bluish-grey colour 0
noun steel blue (as adjective) 0
noun steel blue a metallic blue color like that of tempered steel 0

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Origin of steel blue

First appearance:

before 1810

One of the 40% newest English words

First recorded in 1810-20

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Parts of speech for Steel blue

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Steel blue

steel blue popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 69% 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.

steel blue usage trend in Literature

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