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Meaning of "brownish" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BROWNISH

brownish  [ˈbraʊnɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BROWNISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Brownish is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BROWNISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

brownish

Brown

Brown is the color of dark wood or rich soil. It is a composite color made by combining red, black and yellow. The color is seen widely in nature, in wood, soil, and human hair color, eye color and skin pigmentation. In Europe and the United States, it is the color most often associated with plainness, humility, the rustic, and poverty. It is also, according to public opinion surveys, the least favorite color of the public.

Definition of brownish in the English dictionary

The definition of brownish in the dictionary is slightly brown.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BROWNISH


banish
ˈbænɪʃ
clownish
ˈklaʊnɪʃ
corniche
ˈkɔːnɪʃ
Cornish
ˈkɔːnɪʃ
Danish
ˈdeɪnɪʃ
diminish
dɪˈmɪnɪʃ
dronish
ˈdrəʊnɪʃ
finish
ˈfɪnɪʃ
Finnish
ˈfɪnɪʃ
furnish
ˈfɜːnɪʃ
garnish
ˈɡɑːnɪʃ
greenish
ˈɡriːnɪʃ
punish
ˈpʌnɪʃ
refinish
riːˈfɪnɪʃ
replenish
rɪˈplɛnɪʃ
Spanish
ˈspænɪʃ
tarnish
ˈtɑːnɪʃ
townish
ˈtaʊnɪʃ
vanish
ˈvænɪʃ
varnish
ˈvɑːnɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BROWNISH

browned-off
brownfield
brownfield site
Brownian motion
Brownian movement
brownie
Brownie Guide
Brownie Guider
Brownie point
Brownies
browning
Browning automatic rifle
Browning machine gun
Brownism
Brownist
brownness
brownnoser
brownout
brownstone
browny

WORDS THAT END LIKE BROWNISH

admonish
astonish
burnish
cartoonish
gloss finish
hornish
knish
mannish
matt finish
minish
mirror finish
nail varnish
photo finish
photo-finish
Rhenish
soonish
sprint finish
the Cornish
the Spanish
womanish

Synonyms and antonyms of brownish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «brownish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BROWNISH

Find out the translation of brownish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of brownish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brownish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parduzco
570 millions of speakers

English

brownish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भूरा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

коричневато
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

acastanhado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কটা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

brunâtre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Coklat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bräunlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

茶色がかった
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

갈색
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Brownish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nâu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பழுப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तपकिरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kahverengimsi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

brunastro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

brązowawy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

коричнево
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

maronie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καφετί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bruin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brunaktigt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brunlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brownish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BROWNISH»

The term «brownish» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.115 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BROWNISH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «brownish» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «brownish» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brownish

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BROWNISH»

Discover the use of brownish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brownish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Geological Survey Professional Paper
Near the base of the Silurian rocks, the limestone changes abruptly upward from dark gray to light brownish gray, but dark-gray limestone reappears interbedded with light-brown limestone below the main lithologic change to light-brownish- ...
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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Upper part is brownish- tinged medium-grained sandstone, salt-and-pepper appearance, fairly clean, in part slightly calcareous; colors solvents brownish black. Lower part is silty finegrained sandstone, ranging from light-gray, hard, ...
3
Geological Survey professional paper
Deweylite, brownish-red. Distinctly fibrous. Mladotice, near Ronow, (Eastern Bohemia), Czechoslovakia. Jiri Konta, 1953, analyst. Source: Konta, 1953. 155. Porcellophite. Middletown, Delaware County, Pa. Beverly S. Burton, 1868, analyst.
Geological Survey (U.S.), Geological Survey (U.S.). Geographic Names Information Management, 1962
4
Soil Survey Reports
The surface soils of members of the Dayton series are light brownish gray or dull brownish gray. To a depth of 1 or 2 inches the surface soil, which contains considerable organic material, is generally of somewhat pronounced brown color , ...
5
Soil survey
Dark brownish-gray to brownish-black soils. Athena silt loam. 2. Brownish-gray to dark brownish-gray soils. Walla Walla silt loam. 3. Brownish-gray to light brownish-gray soils. Walla Walla silt loam, light-textured phase. Walla Walla very fine ...
United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1948
6
Soil Survey of ...
Btg/E1— 13 to 22 inches; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; many medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; few medium and ...
7
Circular
... 3% tan mud and claystone; 1% mica flakes, lignite, pyrite, clay, and fine- grained quartz sand and sandstone. 3,190- 3,220 972- 981 97% white to clear, very coarse- to medium-grained quartz sand with minor pebbles; 3% tan to brownish-red ...
8
Zinc and Lead Deposits of the Upper Mississippi Valley
Hard brownish limestone with little brown chert 900- 925 Hard brownish limestone 925— 960 Brownish to light-brown porous limestone 950- 975 Light- huff porous limestone 1, 000-1 . 005 Brown and brownish porous limestone with crystals of ...
Harry Foster Bain, 1906
9
Record of Deep-well Drilling for 1905
Hard brownish limestone with little brown chert 900- 925 Hard brownish limestone 925- 950 Brownish to light-brown porous limestone . . 950- 975 Light- buls porous limestone. 1, 000-1, 005 Brown and brownish porous limestone with crystals ...
Myron L. Fuller, Samuel Sanford, 1906
10
28,000 Baby Names:
... Parvati Amber English Brownish-yellow, Precious jewel Amber African Brownish-yellow, Precious jewel Amber Arabic Brownish-yellow, Precious jewel Amberjill English Brownish-yellow, Precious jewel Amberlee English Brownish- yellow, ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BROWNISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brownish is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Review: Huawei P8 lite
Its colors aren't particularly rich, though, and its white balance has a very slight brownish tinge to it. None of this is egregious or unreasonable ... «Gizmag, Jul 15»
2
Authorities Confirm Aggressively Invasive Zebra Mussels In …
These animals adhere itself to solid surfaces in the water and they have D-shaped shells that often have yellow and brownish stripes. «Tech Times, Jul 15»
3
Police log: Flagstaff man attacked
The suspects are described as three white men and one man with “brownish” skin. The victim described all the suspects as being around 5 feet, ... «Arizona Daily Sun, Jul 15»
4
Man gets jail in Naperville DUI, drug case
A subsequent police search of the car yielded "a white, crystallized substance in a small container, and a plastic glass containing a brownish ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
5
MISSING: Deputies search for teen from Winona, WV
She is "very skinny," with very long, straight brown hair, usually worn in a ponytail, and brownish-green eyes. She was last seen wearing a blue Aeropostale tank ... «WVNS-TV, Jul 15»
6
Awarded Andersen Farms rooted in growing tomatoes
The corn's silk is pink, but threads are drying out, making for a brownish color. Each strand corresponds to a kernel, according to Andersen ... «New Jersey Herald, Jul 15»
7
Meth items allegedly found in car
According to the affidavit, when Rust saw the deputies, he allegedly “turned to run back toward the building and grabbed a brownish colored ... «Hillsboro Times Gazette, Jul 15»
8
Seeing is believing when it comes to pipe maintenance
The video vividly showed the brownish accumulated matter being flushed away. Brohammer reported that the pigging process significantly ... «Richmond Daily News, Jul 15»
9
Some People Are More Sensitive To Poison Ivy
These seemingly black paint splashes are actually the urushiol oil and it becomes brownish black and clear/ pale yellow when exposed to the ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
10
Army aims for positive improvements with M4A1+
The request specifies a brownish color, one between Coyote 498 and Light Coyote 481. Even more M4 improvements. In addition to the M4A1 ... «ArmyTimes.com, Jul 15»

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