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Meaning of "olive-brown" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OLIVE-BROWN

olive-brown  [ˈɒlɪv braʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OLIVE-BROWN

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

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 dull yellowish-brown to yellowish-green in colour.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OLIVE-BROWN


brown
braʊn
Browne
braʊn
crown
kraʊn
decrown
diːˈkraʊn
discrown
dɪsˈkraʊn
drown
draʊn
embrown
ɪmˈbraʊn
frown
fraʊn
golden-brown
ˈɡəʊldənˌbraʊn
nutbrown
ˈnʌtˈbraʊn
outfrown
ˌaʊtˈfraʊn
recrown
riːˈkraʊn
uncrown
ʌnˈkraʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OLIVE-BROWN

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE OLIVE-BROWN

chocolate brown
full-grown
grown
half-a-crown
Havana Brown
home-grown
march brown
Minister of the Crown
nigger brown
olive brown
outgrown
overgrown
overthrown
seal brown
the Crown
thrown
triple crown
turkey brown
Vandyke brown
wall brown

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

SYNONYMS

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

بني زيتوني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оливково- коричневый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

azeitona-marrom
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জলপাই-বাদামি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

brun-olive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Zaitun coklat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

olivbraune
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

Olive-brown
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 kahverengi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

oliva - marrone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oliwkowo- brązowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

оливково - коричневий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de măsline maro
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελιά - καφέ
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 123.915 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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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.
1
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
Clca — 6 to 13 inches, grayish-brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) when moist; weak, coarse and medium, prismatic structure that breaks to weak, fine, granular and blocky structure ; soft when dry, friable when moist ; thin, patchy ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1964
3
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
4
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
5
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
6
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
7
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
8
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
9
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
10
Soil survey of ...
C1x— 20 to 34 inches, olive (5Y 5/3) gravelly sandy loam; thin pockets of fine sand; common medium and coarse faint light olive gray (5Y 6/2) mottles and common medium and coarse distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and olive brown (2.5Y ...
United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1982

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.
1
Turtle - hater shoots turtle rescue volunteer in South Florida
Its oval-shaped upper shell averages 3.3 feet in length and is olive-brown with darker streaks running through it; its lower shell, or plastron, ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
2
Blane Klemek: The distinctive songs and calls of the eastern towhee
The olive-brown birds are thrush-like in appearance (both male and females resemble each other), and are short-tailed with black streaks on ... «Bemidji Pioneer, Jul 15»
3
Few summer sights and sounds are more pleasant than birds
The olive-brown birds are thrush-like in appearance (both male and females resemble each other), and are short-tailed with black streaks on ... «DL-Online, Jul 15»
4
Hutt residents should stay tuned for more visits from bellbirds
Females are dull olive-brown, with a slight blue sheen on the head and a pale yellow cheek stripe. Males are olive green, with a purplish head ... «The Dominion Post, Jul 15»
5
Indiana home to colorful cast of lizards: Blue tails, stripes and snake …
The males are olive-brown with widely swollen jowls and orange-red heads that can be impressive. Like the five-lined, the young are black with ... «Greenfield Daily Reporter, Jun 15»
6
What Napoleon's hat tells us about the power of branding
This one (Estimate: £300,000–500,000), which is lined in olive-brown silk and has an interior circumference of 59cm — suggesting that ... «Christie's, Jun 15»
7
Wild file: The rarely-seen green sea turtle
Green turtles have olive-brown, heart shaped shells with dark streaks and spots. The turtle actually gets its name from the greenish color of its ... «The News-Press, Jun 15»
8
Rutherglen fortified wines: once sipped, never forgotten
Deep olive-brown, coating the sides of the glass briefly when swirled; exceptionally rich and luscious; complex, with a dense array of oriental ... «The Australian, May 15»
9
Splashy purple gallinule currently calling area home
Olive-brown chicks look like tennis balls on stilt legs and over-size feet. They scurry behind the hen or hunker down motionless when the hen ... «Houston Chronicle, May 15»
10
The return of Britain's otters offers a glimpse of rewilding's great …
They were catching rocklings: small, very slippery fish of the same olive-brown as the kelp. Over the next half hour, each of them caught about ... «The Guardian, May 15»

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