transcription, транскрипция: [ pæst(ə)l, AM pæstel ]
( pastels)
1.
Pastel colours are pale rather than dark or bright.
...delicate pastel shades.
...pastel pink, blue, peach and green.
ADJ : ADJ n , ADJ colour
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Pastel is also a noun.
The lobby is decorated in pastels.
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2.
Pastels are also small sticks of different coloured chalks that are used for drawing pictures.
...pastels and charcoal.
...the portrait in pastels.
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3.
A pastel is a picture that has been done using pastels.
...Degas’s paintings, pastels, and prints.
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