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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

brown

/bɹaʊn/

An illustration for brown

noun1 of 2

of the color of coffee, wood, or chocolate

  • “There are green, brown and white boxes in the factory.”Tatoeba
  • “The river's brown color is caused by the clay soil.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

verb2 of 2

(usually derogatory) To turn progressively more Middle Eastern, Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.

Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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