Phrase guide

greige goods

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪʒ ˈɡʊdz/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɹɛʒ-/
  • General-American: /ɡɹeɪʒ ˈɡʊdz/
  • General-American: /ɡɹɛʒ-/
  • General-American: /ɡɹeɪ-/
  • rhymes with -ʊdz

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noun

Meaning 1

Clothing, textiles, etc., which have neither been bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gray goods, greige, grey goods

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From greige (“of clothing, textiles, etc.: neither bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed”) + goods.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: raakakankaat — clothing, textiles, etc., which have neither been bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed
  • French: grège — clothing, textiles, etc., which have neither been bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed
  • Romanian: grej — clothing, textiles, etc., which have neither been bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed