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colour
Something that is b____ is the colour of earth or of wood.Something that is brown is the colour of earth or of wood.
...her deep brown eyes.
The stairs are decorated in golds and earthy browns.
word brown
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colour
Something that is brown is the colour of earth or of wood.
...her deep brown eyes.
The stairs are decorated in golds and earthy browns.
adjective
You can describe a white-skinned person as brown when they have been sitting in the sun until their skin has become darker than usual .
I don't want to be really really brown, just have a nice light golden colour.
Brown is used to describe grains that have not had their outer layers removed, and foods made from these grains.
...brown bread.
...spicy tomato sauce served over a bed of brown rice.
verb
If someone browns in the sun they become brown in colour.
Her skin was of the fortunate kind that could brown in the sun without burning.
When food browns or when you brown food, you cook it, usually for a short time on a high flame .
Cook for ten minutes until the sugar browns.
He browned the chicken in a frying pan.
inflections brownerbrownestbrownsbrowningbrowned
cefr-level A1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1

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