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pastel - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'pastel' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pastel [ n.]
- A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water.
- A plant affording a blue dye; the woad (Isatis tinctoria); also, the dye itself.

Meaning of 'pastel' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pastel [ s]
Meaning (1):
- lacking in body or vigor
Example in sentence:
  • faded pastel charms of the naive music
Meaning (2):
- delicate and pale in color
Example in sentence:
  • pastel pink