| Front | maroon |
|---|---|
| Back | ma•roon adjective, noun, verb BrE /məˈruːn/ NAmE /məˈruːn/ adjective word origin dark brownish-red in colour noun word origin 1 [uncountable] a dark brownish-red colour 2 [countable] a large firework that shoots into the air and makes a loud noise, used to attract attention, especially at sea verb verb forms word origin [usually passive] ~ sb to leave sb in a place that they cannot escape from, for example an island strand ‘Lord of the Flies’ is a novel about English schoolboys marooned on a desert island. The car was marooned by floods. |
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