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brown

UK/bɹaʊn/ US/ˈbɹaʊ̯n/ common informal slang uk us
adjective (1) noun (4) verb (1)

adjective

1.

of a color similar to that of wood or earth

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noun

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2.

Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)

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4.

a university in Rhode Island

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verb

1.

fry in a pan until it changes color

  • “brown the meat in the pan”

Phrases

  • Arran brown
  • Asian brown flycatcher
  • Banks' brown
  • big brown bat
  • Bismarck brown
  • black and brown
  • Boston brown bread
  • brown adipose tissue
  • Brown clustering
  • Brown County
  • Brown-Séquard's hemiplegia
  • Brown-Séquard's paralysis

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