brown

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NGSL Rank: 1910
brown
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Meanings
adjective
  • of a colour produced by mixing red, yellow, and blue, as of dark wood or rich soil.
    E.g. an old brown coat
  • (of a person) dark-skinned or suntanned.
    E.g. his face was brown from the sun
noun
  • brown colour or pigment.
    E.g. the brown of his eyes
  • a brown thing, in particular the brown ball in snooker.
  • a satyrid butterfly, which typically has brown wings with small eyespots.
  • another term for coloured (sense 2 of the noun).
verb
  • make or become brown, typically by cooking.
    E.g. a skillet in which food has been browned

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