Brown

/ˈbɹaʊ̯n/ · noun

Meaning

(countable and uncountable) A colour like that of chocolate or coffee..

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable and uncountable) A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
2. (snooker, countable) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
3. (uncountable) Black tar heroin.
4. (slang, archaic, countable) A copper coin.
5. A brown horse or other animal.
6. (sometimes capitalised, countable, informal, ethnic slur) A person of mostly Latin American (or Latino), Middle Eastern/North African, South Asian, and sometimes Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander, or rarely Native American descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto, or biracial appearance.
7. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae), such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis.
8. (informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta).

Example Sentences

The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.

He wore brown jeans for his birthday.

“To save a journey up the town, / A razor lent here for a brown: / But if you think the price too high, / I beg you won’t the razor try.”

I know there are many persons — some who are themselves poor — who 'never turn a beggar from their door,' but always give them a few browns (halfpence) or some scran (broken victuals).

"We've not had any breakfast,—won't you toss us down a brown?"— That's what they call a penny in the streets of London Town.

[…] browns are the soberest, bays are the worst tempered, and chestnuts are the most foolish.

Many browns and blacks are immigrants — some of whom have not yet become naturalized citizens of the United States.

For example, a Brown Asian Caucus emerged at the inaugural National Conference on Asian American Mental Health in 1972 – where Filipinos were joined by Pacific Islanders who also felt marginalized as part of the Asian American/ Pacific Islander (AAPI) umbrella group.

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Word Forms

• browns
• broon
• browner
• more brown
• brownest
• most brown
• browning
• browned

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