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| Colorful English! | ||||
| Word or Phrase: | Part of Speech: | Idiom or General?: | Usage? | Restricted? |
| gray matter | noun | 1) general 2) idiom |
1) wide 2) fairly wide |
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| Meaning: | ||||
| 1) the tissues and nerve cells that make up the brain and
spinal cord, which are brownish gray 2) brains, as in intelligence | ||||
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| First meaning Gray matter is the material encased by the cranium. Second meaning I don't know about that new guy, his lights are on but nobody's home. I think he is a little short in the gray matterdepartment. | ||||
| Note: In the first sense it is some what medical, but used by many people. | ||||