khaki

«khaki» in Mova's school dictionary: a dull yellow-brown or greenish-brown colour — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (khaki, khakis); adjective (khaki)

meaning for a pupil

1) Khaki is a dull yellow-brown or greenish-brown colour. tree →

2) Khaki is a strong cotton cloth of this colour, used for army uniforms. tree →

3) (US) Khakis are trousers made of this cloth. tree →

sense in the lessons

Art and clothes: «khaki shorts», «khaki trousers». History: soldiers in the First World War wore khaki so they were harder to see. It tells the reader the colour or kind of clothes.

examples

• Soldiers wore khaki uniforms. tree →
• Dad wore his khaki shorts on holiday. tree →
• Mix brown and green to make khaki. tree →
• He bought a pair of khakis for school. tree →
• Khaki is hard to spot among dry grass. tree →
• The explorer wore a khaki hat. tree →

note

Say «KAH-kee» (UK, Australia) or «KAK-ee» (US). Spelling: k-h-a-k-i. The word comes from Hindi/Urdu for «dust-coloured».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «khaki» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.