brown
adjective
[ braʊn ]
• of a colour produced by mixing red, yellow, and blue, as of dark wood or rich soil.
• "an old brown coat"
Similar:
hazel,
chocolate-coloured,
coffee-coloured,
cocoa-coloured,
nut brown,
brunette,
mousy,
sepia,
mahogany,
umber,
burnt sienna,
beige,
buff,
tan,
fawn,
biscuit,
camel,
café au lait,
caramel,
mushroom,
bay,
sorrel,
dun,
brindle,
brindled,
auburn,
tawny,
coppery,
chestnut,
bronze,
russet,
• (of a person) dark-skinned or suntanned.
• "his face was brown from the sun"
Similar:
tanned,
suntanned,
perma-tanned,
sunburned,
browned,
bronze,
bronzed,
weather-beaten,
dark,
swarthy,
dusky,
brown
noun
• brown colour or pigment.
• "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).
brown
verb
• make or become brown, typically by cooking.
• "a skillet in which food has been browned"
Similar:
singe,
sear,
seal,
crisp (up),
grill,
toast,
barbecue,
fry,
sauté,
bake,
Origin:
Old English brūn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bruin and German braun .
