brown
A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
Example
“The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.”
Other meanings
Black tar heroin.
A brown horse or other animal.
Related words
- brownfield
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "brūn" (brown; dark; dusky).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “brown” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.