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# khaki

«khaki» in Mova's school dictionary: **a dull yellow-brown or greenish-brown colour** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (khaki, khakis); adjective (khaki)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Khaki is a dull yellow-brown or greenish-brown colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/khaki/#m1)

2) Khaki is a strong cotton cloth of this colour, used for army uniforms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/khaki/#m2)

3) (US) Khakis are trousers made of this cloth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/khaki/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Art and clothes: «khaki shorts», «khaki trousers». History: soldiers in the First World War wore khaki so they were harder to see. It tells the reader the colour or kind of clothes.

### examples

- Soldiers wore khaki uniforms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/khaki/#x1)
- Dad wore his khaki shorts on holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/khaki/#x2)
- Mix brown and green to make khaki. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/khaki/#x3)
- He bought a pair of khakis for school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/khaki/#x4)
- Khaki is hard to spot among dry grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/khaki/#x5)
- The explorer wore a khaki hat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/khaki/#x6)

### note

Say «KAH-kee» (UK, Australia) or «KAK-ee» (US). Spelling: k-h-a-k-i. The word comes from Hindi/Urdu for «dust-coloured».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «khaki» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/khaki/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.