light blue

English

Etymology

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#LIGHTBLUECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#LIGHTBLUE light blewe, equivalent to light +‎ blueCategory:English compound terms#LIGHTBLUE.

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Noun

light blue (countable and uncountable, plural light blues)Category:English lemmas#LIGHTBLUECategory:English nouns#LIGHTBLUECategory:English uncountable nouns#LIGHTBLUECategory:English countable nouns#LIGHTBLUECategory:English countable nouns#LIGHTBLUECategory:English multiword terms#LIGHTBLUECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LIGHTBLUECategory:Pages with entries#LIGHT%20BLUECategory:Pages with 1 entry#LIGHT%20BLUE

  1. A pale blue colour: sky blue or similar.
  2. (UKCategory:British English#LIGHTBLUE, rowingCategory:en:Rowing#LIGHTBLUE) A member of the Cambridge rowing team.
    Coordinate term: dark blue
    • 2018, Will Wyatt, Oxford Boy: A Post-War Townie Childhood:
      The university did not touch my world directly but you couldn't be a boy in Oxford without supporting the dark blues against the Cambridge light blues, in the boat race […]
      Category:English terms with quotations#LIGHTBLUE

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