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DEEP BROWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does deep brown mean?
• DEEP BROWN (noun)
The noun DEEP BROWN has 1 sense:
1. a medium brown to dark-brown color
Familiarity information: DEEP BROWN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A medium brown to dark-brown color
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
burnt umber; chocolate; coffee; deep brown; umber
Hypernyms ("deep brown" is a kind of...):
brown; brownness (an orange of low brightness and saturation)
Context examples
He wore a deep brown coat with a collar as high as his ears and tails as low as his knees.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He was brown, deep brown, red-brown, an orgy of browns.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
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