How to pronounce ecru

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What ecru means

noun

A pale beige color, like plain unbleached cloth

In a sentence: She painted her bedroom walls ecru, a soft color like oatmeal.

Where it comes from: It was borrowed from French, where écru means raw or unbleached.

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