Definitions for Ecru

Ecru ec·ru

Spelling: [ek-roo, ey-kroo]
IPA: /ˈɛk ru, ˈeɪ kru/

Ecru is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in Ecru (ceru).

Definitions for Ecru

noun

  1. an ecru color.

adjective

  1. very light brown in color, as raw silk, unbleached linen, etc.

Origin of Ecru

1865-70; French, equivalent to é- completely (Latin ex- ex-1) + cru raw (Latin crūdus; see crude)

Examples for Ecru

In giving a brownish hue to such light colors as beige, ecru, etc., it is invaluable.

Madame had, cried madame's maid, running to fetch one with little pink flowers and green leaves on an ecru ground.

ecru: Continue the foregoing operation for blue by passing the goods through a solution of prussiate of potash.

A nervous tug-of-war was taking place between her right and left hand, with a twisted-up pair of ecru gloves for the cable.

She wore a percale gown, ecru ground with bright figures, a rose-colored cravat and a bonnet laden with flowers.

And the curtains are just simple cotton voiles, ecru in the living and dining rooms, and white in the bedrooms.

In color it runs from ecru drab to hair-brown with streaks of the latter, and it is very viscid when moist.

The chief end of man is to witness an ecru coyote and a few absolute human failures like you and me.

He was slightly smaller than a load of hay in his belted suit of ecru pongee; he wore a satisfied air and a pleased mustache.

Over the back was an ecru antimacassar, tied with a pale-blue ribbon.

Word Value for Ecru
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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