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   brown

   /braʊn/

   adjective

   • 1. of a colour produced by mixing red, yellow, and blue, as of dark wood or rich soil: "an old brown coat" Similar hazelchocolate-colouredcoffee-colouredcocoa-colourednut brownbrunettemousysepiamahoganyumberburnt siennabeigebufftanfawnbiscuitcamelcafé au laitcaramelmushroombaysorreldunbrindlebrindledauburntawnycopperychestnutbronzerusset
   • ▪ (of bread) light brown in colour and typically made with unbleached or unrefined wholemeal flour: "a slice of brown toast with low fat spread" Similar unbleachedwholemeal
   • 2. (of a person) dark-skinned or suntanned: "his face was brown from the sun" Similar tannedsuntannedperma-tannedsunburnedbrownedbronzebronzedweather-beatendarkswarthydusky
   • ▪ relating or belonging to a human group characterized as having relatively dark-coloured skin (chiefly used of peoples of Latin American, South Asian, or Middle Eastern ancestry): "I interviewed 60 mostly black and brown leaders around our nation"
   • ▪ another term for coloured South African

   noun

   • 1. brown colour or pigment: "the brown of his eyes"
   • ▪ brown clothes or material: "a woman all in brown"
   • 2. a brown thing, in particular the brown ball in snooker.
   • 3. a satyrid butterfly, which typically has brown wings with small eyespots.
   • 4. another term for coloured South African

   verb

   • 1. make or become brown, typically by cooking: "a skillet in which food has been browned"

   Word Origin Old Englishbrūn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bruin and German braun.

   Derivatives

   • 1. brownness noun
   • 2. browny adjective

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   brown. noun [ C or U ] uk / braʊn / us / braʊn / Add to word list. A1. the colour of chocolate or soil: dark / light brown. mkos83//iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages. Fewer examples. She stripped the floorboards in the living room and stained them dark brown. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. brown. adjective.

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   Brown definition: a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue.. See examples of BROWN used in a sentence.

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