Usually means: Soft, light colors; gentle hues.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word pastel:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. pastel: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. pastel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pastel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. pastel: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pastel: Vocabulary.com
  6. Pastel, pastel: Wordnik
  7. pastel: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. pastel: Wiktionary
  9. pastel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. pastel: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. pastel: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Pastel, pastel: Dictionary.com
  13. pastel: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. pastel: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Pastel (color), Pastel (disambiguation), Pastel (food), Pastel (manga), Pastel (programming language), Pastel (video game character), Pastel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Pastel: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. pastel: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. pastel: Rhymezone
  19. pastel, pastel, pastel (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. pastel: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. pastel: Free Dictionary
  22. pastel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. pastel: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. pastel: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Pastel: art glossary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pastel: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. PASTEL: Acronym Finder

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pastel: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Pastel: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue, and lavender.
noun:  (art) A drawing made with any of those colors.
noun:  A type of dried paste used to make crayons.
noun:  A crayon made from such a paste.
noun:  Woad.
noun:  A traditional dish in various Latin American countries, resembling a tamale, pasty, or calzone.
noun:  A Filipino stew made with vegetables, sausages, and chicken or other meat in a creamy sauce.

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