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Look up: khaki

  1. khaki
    [adj] - of a yellowish brown color similar to olive drab 2. [n] - a sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. khaki
    The dust-coloured uniform of British and Indian troops in India from about 1850, adopted as camouflage during the South African War (1899-1902), and later standard...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Khaki
    Kha'ki (kä'ke) adjective [ Hind. khākī , lit., dusty, dust-colored, from Persian khāk dust.] Of a dull brownish yellow, or drab color; -- applied to cloth, originally to a stout brownish cotton cloth, used in making unif...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/K/7

  4. Khaki
    Kha'ki noun Any kind of khaki cloth; hence, a uniform of khaki or, rarely, a soldier clad in khaki. In the United States and British armies khaki or cloth of a very similar color is almost exclusively used for service in the field.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/K/7

  5. khaki
    adjective of a yellowish brown color
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. khaki
    khaki fabric noun a sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Khaki
    • (n.) Any kind of khaki cloth; hence, a uniform of khaki or, rarely, a soldier clad in khaki. In the United States and British armies khaki or cloth of a very similar color is almost exclusively used for service in the field. • (a.) Of a dull brownish yellow, or drab color; -- applied to ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. khaki
    light brown fabric used primarily for military uniforms. It is made with cotton, wool, or combinations of these fibres, as well as with blends of ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/k/25

  9. khaki
    khaki (kăk'ē, kä'kē) [Hindi,=dust-colored], closely twilled cloth of linen or cotton, dyed a dust color. It was first used (1848) for uniforms for the English regiment of Sir Harry Burnett Lumsden in India and later became the official color for British army uniforms, ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  10. Khaki
    This article is about the fabric. For the color, see Khaki (color). Kaki, another name for the iː-->, all three pronunciations are used in Canada) is a type of fabric or the color of such fabric. Khaki is a loanword incorporated from Hindustani ख़ाकी and Urdu...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaki

  11. Khaki
    (color) The name of the color `khaki` coined in British India comes from the Hindustani language (itself a borrowed form of the Persian word khak meaning dust), meaning "dusty, dust covered or earth colored." It has been used by many armies around the world for uniforms, incl...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaki



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