Pastel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Pastel	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Pastel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pastel adj lacking in body or vigor; "faded pastel charms of the naive music" delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink" n any of various pale or light colors
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pastel \Pas"tel\, n. [F.; cf. It. pastello. Cf. {Pastil}.] 1. A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water. [Sometimes incorrectly written {pastil}.] [bd]Charming heads in pastel.[b8] --W. Black. 2. (Bot.) A plant affording a blue dye; the woad ({Isatis tinctoria}); also, the dye itself.