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The correct spelling is brown.
How to pronounce brown
/bɹaʊn/
nounIPA: /bɹaʊn/
Say it like: Bro-wn
The correct spelling is brown. A colour like that of chocolate or coffee. For example: "The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel."
Usage Examples
“The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.”
“Fry the onions until they brown.”
“Brown the onions in a large frying pan.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
- 2.One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
- 3.Black tar heroin.
- 4.A copper coin.
- 5.A brown horse or other animal.
verb
- 1.To become brown.
- 2.To cook something until it becomes brown.
- 3.To tan.
- 4.To make brown or dusky.
- 5.To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.
adjective
- 1.Having a brown colour.
- 2.Gloomy.
- 3.(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
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