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brown
What does brown mean?
brown (adjective): of a color similar to that of wood or earth.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce brown?
/bɹaʊn/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does brown come from?
Inherited from Middle English broun, from Old English brūn (“brown; dark; dusky”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “brown” mean?
of a color similar to that of wood or earth
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capable of being done or achieved; feasible
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having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
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related, connected, or pertinent to a topic
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