Browns Meaning and Definition

Word: Browns

How to pronounce: braʊn

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Of a colour produced by mixing red, yellow, and blue, as of dark wood or rich soil.

Example sentences: "An old brown coat"

2. (of a person) dark-skinned or suntanned.

Example sentences: "His face was brown from the sun"

Noun

Definitions:

1. Brown colour or pigment.

Example sentences: "The brown of his eyes"

2. A brown thing, in particular the brown ball in snooker.

Example sentences: "However, the teenager held his nerve in the decider, Cooper requiring snookers on the brown when 73-49 down."

3. A satyrid butterfly, which typically has brown wings with small eyespots.

Example sentences: "A similar species is the Meadow Brown, especially in the female sex, which likes to rest with closed wings however, especially the far less active females."

4. Another term for coloured (sense 2 of the noun)

Verb

Definitions:

1. Make or become brown, typically by cooking.

Example sentences: "A skillet in which food has been browned"

Synonyms:

grow brown

auburn

chestnut

hazel

brownness

maroon

umber

tan

fulvous

swarthy

swart

tanned

suntanned

browne

tawny

Derivations:

brownie

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Browns in Other Languages...

Spanish: Marrón

German: Browns

French: Brun

Italian: Browns

Turkish: Kahverengi