brown
♦♦♦ brown /br'aʊn/ (browner brownest browns browning browned)
1 [COLOUR]
Something that is brown is the colour of earth or of wood.
...her deep brown eyes...
The stairs are decorated in golds and earthy browns.
2 [ADJ] usu v-link ADJ
You can describe a white-skinned person as brown when they have been sitting in the sun until their skin has become darker than usual.
I don't want to be really really brown, just have a nice light golden colour.
= tanned
3 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
A brown person is someone who belongs to a race of people who have brown-coloured skins.
...a slim brown man with a speckled turban.
4 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Brown is used to describe grains that have not had their outer layers removed, and foods made from these grains.
...brown bread.
...spicy tomato sauce served over a bed of brown rice.
≠ white
5 [VERB] V, V n
When food browns or when you brown food, you cook it, usually for a short time on a high flame.
Cook for ten minutes until the sugar browns...
He browned the chicken in a frying pan.brown goods
[N-PLURAL]
Brown goods are electrical appliances such as televisions and audio equipment. Compare white goods.
Revenue from brown goods, including televisions and hi-fis, rose nearly 12 per cent.
1 [COLOUR]
Something that is brown is the colour of earth or of wood.
...her deep brown eyes...
The stairs are decorated in golds and earthy browns.
2 [ADJ] usu v-link ADJ
You can describe a white-skinned person as brown when they have been sitting in the sun until their skin has become darker than usual.
I don't want to be really really brown, just have a nice light golden colour.
= tanned
3 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
A brown person is someone who belongs to a race of people who have brown-coloured skins.
...a slim brown man with a speckled turban.
4 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Brown is used to describe grains that have not had their outer layers removed, and foods made from these grains.
...brown bread.
...spicy tomato sauce served over a bed of brown rice.
≠ white
5 [VERB] V, V n
When food browns or when you brown food, you cook it, usually for a short time on a high flame.
Cook for ten minutes until the sugar browns...
He browned the chicken in a frying pan.brown goods
[N-PLURAL]
Brown goods are electrical appliances such as televisions and audio equipment. Compare white goods.
Revenue from brown goods, including televisions and hi-fis, rose nearly 12 per cent.