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[ pa-stel ; especially British pas -tl ] SHOW IPA
/ pæˈstɛl; especially British ˈpæs tl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a color having a soft, subdued shade.
a kind of dried paste made of pigments ground with chalk and compounded with gum water.
a chalklike crayon made from such paste.
the art of drawing with such crayons.
a drawing so made.
a short, light prose study or sketch.
SEE MORE SEE LESS adjective having a soft, subdued shade.
drawn with pastels: a pastel portrait.
Origin of pastel 1 1655–65; <French <Italian pastello <Late Latin pastellus, variant of Latin pastillus (see pastille)
Words nearby pastel pasta, past continuous, paste, pasteboard, pastedown, pastel , pastelist, pastel orange, paste mold, paste-on, paster
Definition for pastel (2 of 2) [ pas -tel ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈpæs tɛl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun the woad plant.
the dye made from it.
Origin of pastel 2 1570–80; <Middle French <Provençal <Medieval Latin pastellum (neuter) woad (originally woad paste), for Late Latin pastellus (masculine), diminutive of pasta paste; change of gender by influence of Latin glastum woad
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British Dictionary definitions for pastel noun a substance made of ground pigment bound with gum, used for making sticks for drawing a crayon of this a drawing done in such crayons the medium or technique of pastel drawing
a pale delicate colour
a light prose work, esp a poetic one
another name for woad
adjective (of a colour) pale; delicate pastel blue
Derived forms of pastel pastelist or pastellist , noun Word Origin for pastel C17: via French from Italian pastello, from Late Latin pastellus woad compounded into a paste, diminutive of pasta paste 1
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Words related to pastel delicate, light, pale, toned