COLOUREDS

Meaning of COLOUREDS in English

UK and ANZ, [US and ANZ] coloreds [plural] [noun]Coloureds are clothes that are any colour except white.You should wash coloureds at a low temperature. -coloured UK and ANZ, [US and ANZ] -colored [suffix]He was wearing a long multi-coloured scarf.In June and July, our garden is full of brightly-coloured flowers.She was wearing sandals and flesh-coloured tights.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

COLOUREDS — clothes, sheets, etc. that are any colour but white. → coloured
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