hunter green

noun

: a dark yellowish green

Examples of hunter green in a Sentence

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There are bookshelves clad in hunter green Formica, library ladders and brass lamps that add a soft, intimate glow to each table. Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 26 June 2025 As for the look of the sheds, the City Council also passed bills that require more lighting in the sheds and for them to be raised higher, and that allow them to be painted colors other than the mandatory hunter green, such as white, metallic gray, or other colors matching a building’s exteriors. Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 27 Mar. 2025 The collection includes five total designs: the bomb pop print on a white tee, the washing machine print on a black tee, the animal grid print a white tee, the bunny print offered on a white tee, and the iconic dirty alien print on a hunter green tee. Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 28 Mar. 2025 Another provision would allow for sheds to be other colors besides the ubiquitous hunter green. Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hunter green

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1930, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hunter green was circa 1930

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“Hunter green.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunter%20green. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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