Usually means: Lacking strong flavor or excitement.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. bland: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. bland: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bland: Collins English Dictionary
  4. bland: Vocabulary.com
  5. Bland, bland: Wordnik
  6. bland: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Bland, bland: Wiktionary
  8. bland: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. bland: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. bland: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Bland, bland: Dictionary.com
  12. bland: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. bland: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Bland (surname), Bland: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Bland: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. bland: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. bland: Rhymezone
  18. bland: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. bland: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. bland: Free Dictionary
  21. bland: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. Bland, bland: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  23. bland: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. bland: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Epicurus.com Coffee Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bland: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bland: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bland, bland: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Coffee Terminology (No longer online)
  2. Bland: Coffee Glossary

(Note: See blanding as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
adjective:  Lacking in taste or flavor.
adjective:  Lacking in vigor.
adjective:  (figurative) Lacking interest; boring; dull.
adjective:  (now rare) Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
verb:  (transitive, UK dialectal) To mix; blend; mingle.
verb:  (transitive, UK dialectal) To connect; associate.
noun:  (UK dialectal) Mixture; union.
noun:  A summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  A small city in Gasconade County and Osage County, Missouri, United States.
noun:  A census-designated place, the county seat of Bland County, Virginia, United States.
noun:  A local government area (Bland Shire) in the Riverina region, New South Wales, Australia.

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