brown : Idioms & Phrases

• noun brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia
  Ursus arctos middendorffi; Kodiak bear; Ursus middendorffi; Kodiak.
  

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• noun rather large North American brown bat; widely distributed
  Eptesicus fuscus.
  

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• adjective satellite of brown tinged with black
  

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• noun dark steamed bread made of cornmeal wheat and flour with molasses and soda and milk or water
  Boston brown bread.
  

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• noun algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments
  

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• noun vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood; leaves turn gold in autumn
  basket ash; hoop ash; Fraxinus nigra; black ash.
  

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• noun any of numerous medium to small insectivorous bats found worldwide in caves and trees and buildings
  

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• noun large ferocious bear of Eurasia
  Ursus arctos; bruin.
  

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• noun California herb with brownish-purple or greenish bell-shaped flowers
  Fritillaria parviflora; Fritillaria micrantha.
  

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• noun common grass with slender stems and narrow leaves
  velvet bent; Agrostis canina; dog bent; velvet bent grass; Rhode Island bent.
  

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• the old regulation flintlock smoothbore musket, with bronzed barrel, formerly used in the British army.

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• noun baked pudding of apples and breadcrumbs
  

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Brown" bill`

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1. A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. See 4th Bill.

   Many time, but for a sallet, my brainpan had been cleft with a brown bill. Shak.

   ✍ The black, or as it is sometimes called, the brown bill, was a kind of halberd, the cutting part hooked like a woodman's bill, from the back of which projected a spike, and another from the head. Grose.

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• noun bread made with whole wheat flour
  dark bread; whole meal bread; whole wheat bread.
  
• noun dark steamed bread made of cornmeal wheat and flour with molasses and soda and milk or water
  Boston brown bread.
  

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• (a) Dark colored bread; esp. a kind made of unbolted wheat flour, sometimes called in the United States Graham bread . "He would mouth with a beggar though she smelt brown bread and garlic." Shak. (b) Dark colored bread made of rye meal and Indian meal, or of wheat and rye or Indian; rye and Indian bread. U.S.

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• noun freshwater catfish of eastern United States
  

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• noun clarified butter browned slowly and seasoned with vinegar or lemon juice and capers
  beurre noisette.
  

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• noun intermediate between peat and bituminous coal
  lignite; wood coal.
  

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• wood coal. See Lignite.

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• noun a common creeper in North America with a down-curved bill
  American creeper; Certhia americana.
  

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• noun a variety of sclerotinia
  

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• (Min.), the hydrous iron oxide, limonite, which has a brown streak. See Limonite.

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• noun an American hickory tree having bitter nuts
  black hickory; pignut; Carya glabra; pignut hickory.
  

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• . See under Holland.

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• noun of southern Africa
  strand wolf; Hyaena brunnea.
  

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• noun small dark-colored lacewing fly
  hemerobiid; hemerobiid fly.
  

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• noun of northwestern Canada and Alaska
  Lemmus trimucronatus.
  

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• noun large tree of Australasia
  silky elm; booyong; red beech; Terrietia trifoliolata; stave wood; crow's foot; Heritiera trifoliolata.
  

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• noun brown sauce with sauteed chopped onions and parsley and dry white wine or vinegar
  Lyonnaise sauce.
  

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• dark colored paper, esp. coarse wrapping paper, made of unbleached materials.

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• noun large Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposure
  Podocarpus elatus; Rockingham podocarp.
  

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• noun common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide
  Norway rat; Rattus norvegicus.
  

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• noun unpolished rice retaining the yellowish-brown outer layer
  

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• noun fungus causing brown root rot in plants of the pea and potato and cucumber families
  Thielavia basicola.
  

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• noun any of certain fungous diseases of plants characterized by browning and decay of tissues
  

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• noun disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora
  gummosis.
  

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• noun a sauce based on soy sauce
  brown sauce.
  
• noun bouillon or beef stock thickened with butter and flour roux and variously seasoned with herbs or Worcestershire etc.
  sauce Espagnole.
  

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• noun serious garden pest having a brown shell with paler zigzag markings; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
  Helix aspersa.
  

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• noun pest on citrus trees
  Coccus hesperidum.
  

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• (Min.), a ferruginous variety of dolomite, in part identical with ankerite.

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• . See Brownstone.

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• a strong kind of proter or malt liquor.

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• noun a state of deep absorption or thoughtfulness
  

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• a state of mental abstraction or serious reverie.

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• noun unrefined or only partly refined sugar
  

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• noun large hardy brown breed of dairy cattle from Switzerland
  

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• noun common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish-brown plumage
  Toxostoma rufums; brown thrasher.
  

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• noun common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish-brown plumage
  Toxostoma rufums; brown thrasher.
  

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Brown" thrush"

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1. (Zoöl.) A common American singing bird (Harporhynchus rufus), allied to the mocking bird; -- also called brown thrasher.

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• noun speckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North America
  salmon trout; Salmo trutta.
  

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• noun a university in Rhode Island
  Brown.
  

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• adjective satellite of black tinged with brown
  brownish-black.
  

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• adjective satellite of grey tinged with brown
  brownish-grey; brown-gray; brownish-gray.
  

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• adjective satellite of green tinged with brown
  brownish-green.
  

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• adjective satellite of grey tinged with brown
  brownish-grey; brown-gray; brownish-gray.
  

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• adjective satellite having hair of a dark color
  dark-haired; black-haired.
  
  • a dark-haired beauty

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• verb flatter with the intention of getting something
  butter up.
  

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• adjective satellite of dark purple tinted with brown
  brownish-purple.
  

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• adjective satellite having brown speckles
  brownish-speckled.
  

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• adjective satellite having brown stripes
  brownish-striped.
  

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• noun small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit trees
  Euproctis phaeorrhoea; browntail.
  

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• adjective satellite greatly annoyed; out of patience
  cheesed off; exasperated.
  
  • had an exasperated look on his face
  • felt exasperated beyond endurance

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• noun a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War
  BAR.
  

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• noun a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War
  Peacemaker.
  

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• adjective satellite of brown tinged with buff
  

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• noun a medium to dark tan color
  caramel brown; caramel; raw sienna; buff.
  
• adjective satellite having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown
  caramel.
  

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• adjective satellite (of hair or feathers) of brown tinged with chestnut
  

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• noun a sauce based on soy sauce
  brown sauce.
  

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• adjective satellite of a color similar to that of wood or earth
  brown; chocolate-brown; brownish.
  

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• adjective satellite snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown
  snuff; chukker-brown; mummy-brown.
  

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• adjective satellite of a color similar to that of wood or earth
  brown; chocolate-brown; brownish.
  

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• noun a medium brown to dark-brown color
  coffee; umber; burnt umber; chocolate.
  

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• a phrase in cookery; applied figuratively to one who has been thoroughly deceived, cheated, or fooled. Colloq.

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• noun English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861)
  Browning.
  

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• noun common brown bat of Europe
  Eptesicus serotinus; serotine.
  

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• noun a Catholic priest who was the hero of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton
  

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• (Chem.), an artificial dyestuff, produced as an explosive brown crystalline substance with a green or golden luster. It consists of the potassium salt of a complex cyanogen derivative of picric acid.

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• adjective satellite of brown tinged with gold
  

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• adjective satellite of brown tinged with grey
  grey-brown; gray-brown; grayish-brown.
  

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• noun a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
  fawn; dun; grayish brown.
  
  • she wore dun

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• adjective satellite of brown tinged with grey
  grey-brown; gray-brown; grayish-brown.
  

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• adjective satellite of brown tinged with green
  

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• adjective satellite of brown tinged with grey
  grey-brown; gray-brown; grayish-brown.
  

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• noun a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
  fawn; dun; grayish brown.
  
  • she wore dun

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• adjective satellite of brown tinged with grey
  grey-brown; gray-brown; grayish-brown.
  

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Hair"-brown` adjective

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1. Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green.

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• adjective satellite of brown tinged with hazel
  

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• (Chem.), a brown resinous substance found in crude indigo.

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

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• noun United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
  John M. Browning; Browning.
  

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• noun United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
  John M. Browning; Browning.
  

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• noun a brown that is light but unsaturated
  

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• noun the small common North American bat; widely distributed
  Myotis leucifugus; little brown bat.
  

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• noun the small common North American bat; widely distributed
  Myotis leucifugus; little brown bat.
  

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• the color of liver, a dark, reddish brown.

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• noun United States writer of children's books (1856-1919)
  Frank Baum; Baum.
  

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• a bright, somewhat yellowish, brown.

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• a brown color, nearly intermediate in tint between burnt umber and raw umber. A pigment of this color is prepared from bitumen, etc., obtained from Egyptian tombs.

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• adjective satellite snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown
  snuff; chukker-brown; mummy-brown.
  

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Nut"-brown` adjective

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1. Brown as a nut long kept and dried. "The spicy nutbrown ale." Milton.

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• noun a shade of brown tinged with green
  

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• brown with a tinge of green.

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• adjective satellite of a brown color with a greenish tinge
  

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• adjective satellite of brown tinged with orange
  

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• adjective satellite of brown tinged with purple
  purple-brown.
  

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• adjective satellite of brown tinged with purple
  purple-brown.
  

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• adjective satellite of brown tinged with red
  mahogany-red; red-brown.
  

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• noun a shade of brown with a tinge of red
  Venetian red; mahogany; sepia; burnt sienna.
  

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• adjective satellite of brown tinged with red
  mahogany-red; red-brown.
  

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

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• noun English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889)
  Browning.
  

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• adjective satellite of the brown color of rust
  rusty; rust.
  

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• adjective satellite of something having the brown color of rust
  

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Seal"-brown` adjective

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1. Of a rich dark brown color, like the fur of the fur seal after it is dyed.

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• adjective satellite snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown
  snuff; chukker-brown; mummy-brown.
  

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• a species of earth used in painting, having a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of sesquioxide of iron.

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• adjective satellite of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather
  tawny.
  

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• noun a moderate brown color
  

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• (Paint.), a pigment of a deep semitranssparent brown color, supposed to be the color used by Vandyke in his pictures.

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• a deep warm brown color, like that of the heartwood of the black walnut.

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Whit"y-brown` adjective

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1. Of a color between white and brown. Pegge.

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• adjective satellite of a medium to dark brownish yellow color
  amber; brownish-yellow.
  

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• noun a medium to dark tan color
  caramel brown; caramel; raw sienna; buff.
  

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