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Definition of Pastel

1. Adjective. Lacking in body or vigor. "Faded pastel charms of the naive music"

2. Noun. Any of various pale or light colors.

3. Adjective. Delicate and pale in color. "Pastel pink"

Definition of Pastel

1. n. A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water.

Definition of Pastel

1. Noun. Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue and lavender ¹

2. Noun. A drawing made with any of those colors. ¹

3. Noun. A type of dried paste used to make crayons. ¹

4. Noun. A crayon made from such a paste. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pastel

1. a soft, delicate hue [n -S]

Medical Definition of Pastel

1. 1. A crayon made of a paste composed of a colour ground with gum water. [Sometimes incorrectly written pastil] "Charming heads in pastel." 2. A plant affording a blue dye; the woad (Isatis tinctoria); also, the dye itself. 3. A drawing using pastel, or of a pastel shade. 4. The art or process of drawing with pastels. 5. Any of various light or pale colours. 6. A light literary work, as a sketch. Origin: F.; cf. It. Pastello. Cf. Pastil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pastel

pastable pastalike pastance pastances pastas paste-egg paste-up paste egg pasteboard pasteboards

pasted pastedown pastedowns pastegh pastel (current term) pastel de nata pasteless pastelike pastelist pastelists

pastellist pastellists pastels paster pastern pasterns pasters pastes pasteup

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