pewter

adjective

Definition of pewternext
as in gray
of the color gray a pewter car that's almost invisible in fog

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  1. gray
  2. silver
Adjective
  • According to a preliminary investigation, the crash happened as a gray Toyota Camry sped south on Prospect.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
  • In Proserpina, eleven vertical yellow wooden rods, enrobed in layers of gray and maroon wire netting, increase in length around a wire-mesh spiral that reaches three feet at its tallest point.
    — Nicole Rudick, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of gray
Adjective
  • There are no people in her piece, simply 45 silver images of Bowery storefronts and gutters, typically littered with empty bottles.
    — J. Hoberman, ARTnews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Some were obvious, like Lucia Pieroni’s crafty crystals dotting eyes at Celine and silver-leaf foreheads by makeup artist Fara Homidi at Gabriela Hearst.
    — Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of silver
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“Pewter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pewter. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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