Meanings
- pluralplural onlybusinessClothing, textiles, etc., which have neither been bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed.
Synonyms: gray goods, greige, grey goods
Synonyms & antonyms
nounClothing, textiles, etc., which have neither been bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed.
Origin
From greige (“of clothing, textiles, etc.: neither bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed”) + goods.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish raakakankaat
- raakakankaatclothing, textiles, etc., which have neither been bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed
French grège
- grègeclothing, textiles, etc., which have neither been bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed
Romanian grej
- grejclothing, textiles, etc., which have neither been bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with greige goods
All rhymes →Cite this entry
greige goods. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greige%20goods
“greige goods.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greige%20goods. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “greige goods,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greige%20goods.
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