dapple-gray

1. 1.

   grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings

   Synonymsdapple-greydappled-greydappled-gray

   Broadergray

Questions about dapple-gray

What does dapple-gray mean?

dapple-gray means "grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings".

How many syllables are in dapple-gray?

dapple-gray has 3 syllables: dap-ple--gray. The stress falls on "dap".

What is another word for dapple-gray?

Close synonyms include dapple-grey, dappled-grey, dappled-gray. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dapple-gray a common word?

dapple-gray is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.