Definitions for pastels

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pastels pas·tel

Spelling: [pa-stel; especially British pas-tl]

IPA: /pæˈstɛl; especially British ˈpæs tl/

Pastels is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 261 anagrams from letters in pastels (aelpsst).

Definitions for pastels

noun

1. a color having a soft, subdued shade.
2. a kind of dried paste made of pigments ground with chalk and compounded with gum water.
3. a chalklike crayon made from such paste.
4. the art of drawing with such crayons.
5. a drawing so made.
6. a short, light prose study or sketch.
7. the woad plant.
8. the dye made from it.

adjective

1. having a soft, subdued shade.
2. drawn with pastels:

Origin of pastels

1655-65; French Italian pastello Late Latin pastellus, variant of Latin pastillus (see pastille)

Examples for pastels

Also: pastel pink-and-lavender paint jobs, festooned with hearts and flowers.

The tunnel entrance glowed with the pastel radiance from the rocks.

It was all right if you shut your eyes, for Miriam wasn't what you'd call a pastel.

This was painted from life in pastel, by William Williams, at Philadelphia in 1794.

Fields fled beneath them, looking like a crazy-quilt in pastel.

A pastel poster showing a light switch; above the switch is written: “A simple choice: War?”

Thorns support is for everyone, and there are no pastel colors or condescending cursive.

This arena broke apart like a huge Ming bowl, done in pastel shades.

A pastel that I have just begun—the portrait of the Princesse de Ponteve.

The pastel outdoor furnishings look like leftovers from a closed nursery school, while inside collared shirts seem overdressed.