Colorless Meaning
/ˈkʌl.ə.ləs/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjUS standard spelling of colourless.
Sentence Examples
Ammonia is a colorless liquid or gas with a very strong smell.
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The liquid was clear and ____, just like pure water.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Pure water is a tasteless and ____ liquid.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English color Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English colorless From color + -less.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The servant to whom he put this question was a young fellow with chubby cheeks, small, dull eyes, and a round chin, covered with a colorless down."
— 1867, Ivan Sergheïevitch Turgenef [i.e., Ivan Turgenev], chapter I, in Eugene Schuyler, transl., Fathers and Sons […], New York, N.Y.: Leypoldt and Holt, →OCLC, page 1:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The liquid was clear and ____, just like pure water.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Pure water is a tasteless and ____ liquid.