Brown

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Definition of Brown

Noun

  1. A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.

    "The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel."

  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.

Adjective

  1. Having a brown colour.
  2. Gloomy.
  3. Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin. Latino/Latin American of color. South Asian or sometimes Middle Eastern or North African Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander, or sometimes Native American
  4. Latino/Latin American
  5. of color.

Verb

  1. To become brown.

    "Fry the onions until they brown."

  2. To cook something until it becomes brown.
  3. To tan.

    "Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun."

  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.

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