BROWN
What does "BROWN" mean?
Of a color between red, yellow, and black, like wood, soil, or coffee.
Meanings
- Having the color of earth, wood, or coffee. She wore a brown coat the color of dry leaves.
- The color brown itself. Autumn turns the whole valley to browns and golds.
- To make or become brown, especially by cooking. Brown the onions before adding the stock.
- Having a sun-tanned or naturally darker skin tone. A summer outdoors had turned the children deeply brown.
Did you know?
- The delicious brown of toast, seared steak, and roasted coffee is one chemistry: the Maillard reaction, named for French chemist Louis-Camille Maillard, who first described it in 1912.
Word origin
From Old English 'brun' (dark, brown), of Germanic origin; the same root also once carried a sense of 'shining', surviving in 'burnished'.
Remember it
BROWN contains 'OWN' - the color you most own, since soil, wood, and skin all wear it.
A little poem
Brown is not a loud-
it holds the bread, the oak, the field;
the world's working coat.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the chef trust the color brown? Because in the pan, it never lies about how long you cooked.
What it teaches
Brown is what bright things become when they finish their work; ripeness wears no neon.
Quick facts
What does BROWN mean?
Of a color between red, yellow, and black, like wood, soil, or coffee.
Is BROWN a valid word?
Yes — BROWN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BROWN?
BROWN has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BROWN come from?
From Old English 'brun' (dark, brown), of Germanic origin; the same root also once carried a sense of 'shining', surviving in 'burnished'.
What can BROWN teach us?
Brown is what bright things become when they finish their work; ripeness wears no neon.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.