dull-white

1. 1.

   of a dull shade of white

   Similarachromatic

Questions about dull-white

What does dull-white mean?

dull-white means "of a dull shade of white".

How many syllables are in dull-white?

dull-white has 2 syllables and divides as dull--white under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is dull-white a common word?

dull-white 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.