browner; brownest
1
: having a color like coffee or chocolate
a brown cow
The door was brown.
2
: having dark or tanned skin
workers whose backs are brown from long hours in the sun
plural browns
: a color like the color of coffee or chocolate
a shade of brown
The room was decorated in brown.
a mix of browns and reds
browns; browned; browning
: to make (something) brown or to become brown especially by cooking or heating
Brown the chicken in a pan with butter.
lightly browned sausages
Her skin was browned by the sun.
The chicken is browning in the oven.
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“Brown.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/brown. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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