The Meaning of brown

• (superl.) Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow.
• (n.) A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue.
• (v. t.) To make brown or dusky.
• (v. t.) To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour.
• (v. t.) To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface.
• (v. i.) To become brown.

Synonyms

brownness , Brown , Robert Brown , Brown , John Brown , Brown University , Brown , embrown , brownish , chocolate-brown , dark-brown , browned

Homophones

browne

Rhymes

allentown , around , ashdown , baytown , beantown , breakdown , bridgetown , browne , charlestown , charlottetown , chinatown , clampdown , closedown , clown , comedown , cooperstown , countdown , crackdown , crosstown , crown , crowne , down , downe , downingtown , downtown , drown , elizabethtown , facedown , freetown , frown , georgetown , germantown , godown , gown , hoedown , hometown , jamestown , johnstown , knockdown , letdown , levittown , lockdown , lowdown , lown , markdown , marshalltown , mccoun , mccown , mcgown , mcquown , meltdown , middletown , midtown , morgantown , motown , newtown , newtowne , noun , playground , provincetown , renown , run-down , rundown , shakedown , shoun , showdown , shutdown , slowdown , southdown , sundown , touchdown , town , towne , turndown , uptown , watertown , williamstown , yorktown , youngstown