Auburn

Quick meaning: Auburn is a noun meaning A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.

Meaning

A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.

More Meanings

1. Of a reddish-brown colour.

Example Sentences

I never thought I'd meet a girl like you / Meet a girl like you / With auburn hair and tawny eyes

[…]; nor was Miss Wilkinson the ideal: he had often pictured to himself the great violet eyes and the alabaster skin of some lovely girl, and he had thought of himself burying his face in the rippling masses of her auburn hair.

All were watching somebody in the garden with deep interest, their three faces close together: a jovial and round one, a pale one with dark hair, and a fair one whose tresses were auburn. “Don’t push! You can see as well as I,” said Retty, the auburn-haired and youngest girl, without removing her eyes from the window.

Word Forms

• auburns

Synonyms for auburn

Depending on context, synonyms include redbrown, abram, cupreous, colorful, reddish-brown, colored.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include colorful, colored, coloured, reddish-brown, mount, bright.

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