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Definition of "dun-coloured" [dun-coloured]

  • Having a dun color (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "dun-coloured" in a sentence
  • "So on this sunny August day, he devised a knowledge-seeking mission we could embark on together: we set out to see if we could find a tiny dun-coloured creature called the brown argus, a butterfly that had been known to fly along this section of the coast but had not been recorded here for some years."
  • "So, as ever with food from the Indian subcontinent, the table heaved with a collection of dun-coloured stews, but they were each distinct, toothsome dun-coloured stews."
  • "A thick fog rolled down between the lines of dun-coloured houses, and the opposing windows loomed like dark, shapeless blurs through the heavy yellow wreaths."