noun
1. a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
• Syn: ↑drab
• Hypernyms: ↑olive
2. military uniform of the United States Army; made from cloth of a dull olive color
• Syn: ↑olive-drab uniform
• Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine
• Hypernyms: ↑military uniform
3. a cloth of an olive-brown color used for military uniforms
• Substance Holonyms: ↑olive-drab uniform
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noun [noncount]
chiefly US : a grayish-green color
a shirt in olive drab
also : clothing of this color
The soldiers were dressed in olive drab.
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a dull green colour, used in some military uniforms
Useful english dictionary. 2012.