brown

  • 61brown — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English broun, from Old English brūn; akin to Old High German brūn brown, Greek phrynē toad Date: before 12th century of the color brown; especially of dark or tanned complexion II. noun Date: 13th century 1. any of …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 62brown — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb Brown is used with these nouns as the object: ↑meat, ↑onion {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj., noun ADVERB ▪ very ▪ He looked very brown after the cruise. (esp. BrE) ▪ …

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  • 63brown*/*/*/ — [braʊn] adj I 1) having the same colour as wood or coffee brown eyes[/ex] brown noun [C/U] 2) The skirt is also available in brown.[/ex] II verb [I/T] brown [braʊn] to cook something until it turns brown, or to become brown in this way …

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  • 64Brown — I. /braʊn/ (say brown) noun 1. Sir Arthur Whitten, 1886–1948, English aviator. See Alcock. 2. Bill (William A Brown), 1912–2008, Australian Test cricketer; noted as a batsman. 3. Bob (Robert James Brown), born 1944, Australian conservationist,… …

  • 65brown — 1. noun /braʊn/ a) A red orange colour, including the colour of chocolate or coffee. The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel. b) One of the colour balls used in snooker with a value of 4 points. 2 …

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  • 66brown — adjective 1》 of a colour produced by mixing red, yellow, and blue, as of dark wood or rich soil. 2》 dark skinned or suntanned. noun 1》 brown colour, pigment, or material. 2》 used in names of various butterflies with mainly brown wings, e.g.… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 67brown — коричневый brown belt коричневый пояс brown shade коричневый тон brown cheese коричневый сыр brown sauce коричневый соус brown grits коричневая крупа …

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  • 68brown — [OE] In Old English, brown meant, rather vaguely, ‘dark’; it does not seem to have become a definite colour word until the 13th century. It comes from West and North Germanic *brūnaz, which probably goes back ultimately to the same Indo European… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 69brown — [OE] In Old English, brown meant, rather vaguely, ‘dark’; it does not seem to have become a definite colour word until the 13th century. It comes from West and North Germanic *brūnaz, which probably goes back ultimately to the same Indo European… …

    Word origins

  • 70Brown HT — noun A brown synthetic coal tar diazo dye. Syn: E155, Chocolate Brown HT, Food Brown 3 …

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