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PRONUNCIATION OF OLIVE BROWN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OLIVE BROWN

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Olive brown is a noun.
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WHAT DOES OLIVE BROWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

olive brown

Olive-brown oriole

The olive-brown oriole is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia and East Timor. It can be found on the islands of Roti, Semau, Timor and Wetar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. The Timor subspecies is sometimes split as the Timor oriole, Oriolus viridifuscus...

Definition of olive brown in the English dictionary

The definition of olive brown in the dictionary is a dull yellowish-brown to yellowish-green colour.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OLIVE BROWN

olivaceous
Olivares
olivary
olivary body
olive
olive branch
olive crown
olive drab
olive green
olive oil
olive-brown
olive-drab
olive-green
olive-wood
olivenite
Oliver
Olives
olivet
Olivier
olivine

WORDS THAT END LIKE OLIVE BROWN

brown
chocolate brown
crown
embrown
golden-brown
grown
Havana Brown
home-grown
march brown
Minister of the Crown
nigger brown
nutbrown
olive-brown
overgrown
seal brown
the Crown
thrown
turkey brown
Vandyke brown
wall brown

Synonyms and antonyms of olive brown in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «olive brown» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OLIVE BROWN

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

Translator English - Chinese

橄榄褐色
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

marrón oliva
570 millions of speakers

English

olive brown
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जैतून ब्राउन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البني الزيتون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оливково-коричневые
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

oliva marrom
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জলপাই বাদামী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

brun olive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Coklat zaitun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

olivbraun
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オリーブブラウン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

올리브 갈색
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Zaitun coklat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

màu nâu ô liu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆலிவ் பழுப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑलिव्ह ब्राऊन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Zeytin kahvesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

marrone oliva
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oliwkowy brązowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

оливково - коричневі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

maro de măsline
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καφέ ελαιόλαδο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

olyf bruin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

olivbrun
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oliven brun
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of olive brown

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OLIVE BROWN»

The term «olive brown» is normally little used and occupies the 123.914 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of olive brown
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OLIVE BROWN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «olive brown» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «olive brown» 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 olive brown

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OLIVE BROWN»

Discover the use of olive brown in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to olive brown and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Soil survey
B32ca — 32 to 44 inches; coarsely mottled light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay loam; weak coarse blocky structure; hard, firm, plastic; many clay films and small pressure faces; common soft bodies of calcium carbonate; ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1978
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Soil survey
AC2— 28 to 44 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) moist; common faint yellowish mottles; strong coarse blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, sticky and plastic; few fine roots; common intersecting slickensides; ...
United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1985
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48 Shades of Brown
... khaki, brownish grey, olive brown, bright chestnut, pastel brown, warm brown, dingy yellowish -buff, rich rufous, dull olive-brown, rich red-brown, sooty brown, mousy grey-brown, dusky brown, dingy buff, sandy brown, warm sandy- brown, ...
Nick Earls, 1999
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Ghost Towns of Arizona
Olive Brown, whose husband James Kilroy Brown was one of the owners of the Olive Mine, gave more to the camp than just her name. While living there, Mrs. Brown formed the habit of treating the employees of the Olive Mine to a free chicken ...
James E. Sherman, Barbara H. Sherman, 1969
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Selectivity: The Theory & Method of Fly Fishing for Fussy ...
J:SON STONEFLY SPINNER/SPENT U1 OLIVE BROWN (PTERONARCYS CALIFORNICA) Hook: #8 J:son Ultimate Dry Fly Hook Thread: J:son Ultimate Tying Thread (transparent, unspun 50-denier Dyneema) Wings: J:son Realistic Wing ...
Matt Supinski, 2014
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Soil survey of Pipestone County, Minnesota
It is dark grayish brown in the upper part and light olive brown in the lower part. The underlying material is mottled, light olive-brown and grayish-brown silt loam. Permeability is moderate, and available water capacity is high or very high.
United States. Soil Conservation Service, Hilding L. Hokanson, University of Minnesota. Agricultural Experiment Station, 1976
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Soil survey of ...
A2— 7 to 13 inches; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) moist; common medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) mottles; common vertical dark streaks; moderate fine and very fine blocky structure; extremely hard,  ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1989
8
Color: Universal Language and Dictionary of Names
... S Light Gray SC Olive Bistre S Olive Green S Olive Yellow S Submurinus B Subolivaceo-Griseus B Very Pale Orange. RC White MUP02 White, SC Yellowish Gray RC M. LIGHT OLIVE BROWN Maerz and Paul Antelope 14B4 Antique 14L8  ...
Kenneth Low Kelly, Deane Brewster Judd, 1976
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Reed and Bush Warblers
DESCRIPTION Plumage – Adult fresh (March–June) Forehead to nape olive- brown, tinged greenish. Supercilium olive-buff to creamy buff, well-marked in front of and above eye and linking with narrow buffy white eye-ring, but fading out just ...
Peter Kennerley, David Pearson, 2010
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Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa
1n typical P.b. brmrostris, the back is olive-brown, with a broad dorsal stripe of black-edged scales, flanked by pale dorsolateral stripes. There is sometimes a narrow, broken white stripe down the backbone. The belly is white. This race occurs ...
William R. Branch, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OLIVE BROWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term olive brown is used in the context of the following news items.
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Northland families get warm bedding
Healthy Homes Tai Tokerau co-manager Olive Brown said if they had the chance to help their clients access things like this that improved their ... «Northern Advocate, Jul 15»
2
Half-shell habitat at Shollenberger
The turtles themselves are the only native freshwater turtle still alive in California, with olive brown or gray hues and a shell that can reach a ... «Petaluma Argus Courier, Jul 15»
3
RENWALD: Drama and luxury guided home makeover
"The walls were olive brown," says Sleiman. "For the new colour, we went for a dramatic change by choosing black." Black Tar by Benjamin ... «Hamilton Spectator, Jun 15»
4
Rachel Geraldine Woolard, 98, frequently thanked for her impact as …
Rachel, lovingly named “Red” for her beautiful red hair, was co-owner of a beach house at Oak Island with her longtime friend Olive Brown, ... «Port City Daily, Jun 15»
5
Don't touch the turtles! Misguided 'rescuers' relocating reptiles
Pond turtles are certainly partial to water, she said, but the olive brown creatures have been known to gallivant about on land, too. Spring is ... «SFGate, Jun 15»
6
Delhi zoo visitors queue up to see King Cobra
The reptile house of the Delhi zoo witnessed an unusual buzz on Saturday with visitors thronging to get a glimpse of the olive brown and black ... «The Hindu, May 15»
7
The rise of high school feminism
Olive Brown is head girl at Wellington East Girls' College, and leads the school's feminist club, FeminEast, which was founded in 2013. «Stuff.co.nz, May 15»
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The Poetic Life of the Lowly Eel
... Carson described the metamorphosis of a yellow eel into a “silver eel” as a dignified aging process: “Gradually the river garb of olive brown is ... «The New Yorker, Apr 15»
9
Donald Graham's Northumberland home is search after builders find …
The killer, 62, formerly of Seaton Delaval, covered up her death by sending her parents Eric and Olive Brown letters and cards in her name from ... «ChronicleLive, Apr 15»
10
Extremely Awkward Conversation With a Native American at …
If I'm not mistaken, Jewish Americans were stereotyped in cartoons and depicted in caricatures with large hook noses, curly hair, olive brown ... «Indian Country Today Media Network, Apr 15»

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