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PASTEL
pastel
(adjective) delicate and pale in color; “pastel pink”
pastel
(adjective) lacking in body or vigor; “faded pastel charms of the naive music”
pastel
(noun) any of various pale or light colors
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
pastel (countable and uncountable, plural pastels)
Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue and lavender
A drawing made with any of those colors.
A type of dried paste used to make crayons.
A crayon made from such a paste.
Woad.
Etymology 2
Noun
pastel (plural pasteles)
A traditional dish in various Latin American countries, resembling a tamale, pasty, or calzone.
Anagrams
• leptas, palest, palets, peltas, petals, plates, pleats, septal, staple, tepals
Source: Wiktionary
Pas"tel, n. Etym: [F.; cf. It. pastello. Cf. Pastil.]
1. A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water. [Sometimes incorrectly written pastil.] "Charming heads in pastel." W. Black.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A plant affording a blue dye; the woad (Isatis tinctoria); also, the dye itself.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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