Ecru

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  'Ecru \['E]`cru"\, a. [F., fr. L. crudus raw.]
     Having the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk,
     linen, or the like.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  ecru
       n : a very light brown [syn: {beige}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "ecru":
     aureate, auric, beige, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet,
     buff, buff-yellow, canary, canary-yellow, chocolate, cinnamon,
     citron, citron-yellow, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown,
     cream, creamy, drab, dun, dun-brown, dun-drab, fallow, fawn,
     fawn-colored, flaxen, fuscous, gilded, gilt, gold, gold-colored,
     golden, grege, hazel, khaki, lemon, lemon-yellow, lurid, luteolous,
     lutescent, nut-brown, ocherish, ocherous, ochery, ochreous,
     ochroid, ochrous, ochry, olive-brown, olive-drab, or, primrose,
     primrose-colored, primrose-yellow, saffron, saffron-colored,
     saffron-yellow, sallow, sand-colored, sandy, seal, seal-brown,
     sepia, snuff-colored, sorrel, straw, straw-colored, tan, taupe,
     tawny, toast, toast-brown, umber, umber-colored, walnut,
     walnut-brown, xanthic, xanthous, yellow, yellowish,
     yellowish-brown
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Ecru, MS (town, FIPS 21340)
    Location: 34.35621 N, 89.02542 W
    Population (1990): 696 (311 housing units)
    Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 38841

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Ecru, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi
     Population (2000):    947
     Housing Units (2000): 411
     Land area (2000):     4.094841 sq. miles (10.605590 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.006807 sq. miles (0.017631 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    4.101648 sq. miles (10.623221 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            21340
     Located within:       Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
     Location:             34.355505 N, 89.027633 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     38841
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Ecru, MS
      Ecru