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Brunette and Brown Definitions

Brunette

Having brown hair.

Brown

Any of a group of colors between red and yellow in hue that are medium to low in lightness and low to moderate in saturation.

Brunette

A girl or woman with brown hair.

Brown

Of the color brown.

Brunette

(of hair, eyes, skin, etc.) Of a dark color or tone.
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Brown

Having a brownish or dark skin color.

Brunette

(of a person) Having brown or black hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.

Brown

Often Offensive Of or being a person of nonwhite origin.

Brunette

A person, especially female, with brown or black hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.

Brown

Deeply suntanned.
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Brunette

A person with dark (brown) hair

Brown

To make or become brown.

Brunette

Marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes;
A brunette beauty

Brown

To cook until brown.

Brown

A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.

Brown

One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.

Brown

(uncountable) Black tar heroin.

Brown

A copper coin.

Brown

A brown horse or other animal.

Brown

A person of Latino, Middle Eastern or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance.

Brown

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae).

Brown

(entomology) Any of certain species of nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae, such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis.

Brown

(informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta).

Brown

A mass of birds or animals that may be indiscriminately fired at.

Brown

Having a brown colour.

Brown

(obsolete) Gloomy.

Brown

(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.

Brown

(US) Latino

Brown

(of Asians) South Asian

Brown

(of East Asians) Southeast Asian

Brown

(intransitive) To become brown.
Fry the onions until they brown.

Brown

To cook something until it becomes brown.

Brown

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

Brown

(transitive) To make brown or dusky.

Brown

(transitive) To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.

Brown

To turn progressively more Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
The browning of America

Brown

Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow.
Cheeks brown as the oak leaves.

Brown

A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue.

Brown

To make brown or dusky.
A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves,Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves.

Brown

To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour.

Brown

To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface.

Brown

To become brown.

Brown

An orange of low brightness and saturation

Brown

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

Brown

Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858)

Brown

A university in Rhode Island

Brown

Fry in a pan until it changes color;
Brown the meat in the pan

Brown

Of a color similar to that of wood or earth

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