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gray matter

gray matter

 
pronunciation:
greI mae tr
part of speech: noun
definition 1: the grayish nerve tissue of the brain and spinal cord, consisting largely of nerve cells and fibers. (Cf. white matter.)
definition 2: (informal) one's intellect; brains.
He's nice, but he doesn't have much gray matter.