brown

/braʊn/ nounadjectiveverb
5 letters1 syllable10 points in Scrabble®12 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS8
NOUN
1

A university in Rhode Island.

2

An orange of low brightness and saturation.

3

Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859).

4

Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858).

ADJECTIVE
1

(of skin) deeply suntanned.

2

Of a color similar to that of wood or earth.

VERB
1

Make brown in color.

“the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard”

2

Fry in a pan until it changes color.

“brown the meat in the pan”

WORD FORMS
Related formbrownness
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®10 points
Words With Friends®12 points
Double word20 points
Triple word30 points
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Pig Latinownbray
Starts & ends withB … N
Syllablesbrown
SYNONYMS & RELATED12
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