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brown

271 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) brown (adjective)
  2. 2) brown (noun)
  3. 3) brown (verb)
  4. Brown (biographical name)
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  10. Brown (biographical name)
  11. brown alga (noun)
  12. brown ash (noun)
  13. brown bagging (noun)
  14. brown-banded cockroach (noun)
  15. brown-banded snake (noun)
  16. brown bark spot (noun)
  17. brown bast (noun)
  18. brown bat (noun)
  19. brown bay (noun)
  20. brown bear (noun)
  21. brown bee (noun)
  22. brown beech (noun)
  23. brown bells (noun plural but singular or plural in constructrion)
  24. brown bent (noun)
  25. brown-berried cedar (noun)
  26. brown berry (noun)
  27. brown Bess (noun)
  28. brown Bess (noun)
  29. brown Beth (noun)
  30. brown Betty (noun)

1brown

adj \ˈbrau̇n\

Definition of BROWN

: of the color brown; especially : of dark or tanned complexion
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Examples of BROWN

  1. workers whose backs are brown from long hours in the sun

Origin of BROWN

Middle English broun, from Old English brūn; akin to Old High German brūn brown, Greek phrynē toad
First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Color Terms

argentine, cerise, cerulean, cyan, ocher, perse, puce, taupe, vermilion

Rhymes with BROWN

clown, crown, down, drown, frown, gown, lown, noun, town

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