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burnt siennas

burnt siennas is the plural of burnt sienna.

Meaning of burnt sienna

Noun

burnt sienna (plural burnt siennas)

  1. dark reddish brown colour, like that of roasted sienna.
    • We drink the last of the spring water in our canteens and, still thirsty, look to the river, that sombre flow the color of burnt sienna, raw umber, muy colorado, too thin to plow–as the Mormons say–and too thick to drink.1968, Edward Abbey, “Down the River”, in Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, McGraw-Hill; republished New York: Touchstone, 1968, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 160

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What is burnt siennas the plural of?
Burnt siennas is the plural of burnt sienna.

Words near burnt siennas in the dictionary

  1. Burnt Pine
  2. Burnt Ranch
  3. burnt rubber
  4. burnt run
  5. burnt sienna
  6. burnt siennas
  7. burnt someone at the stake
  8. burnt someone's ass
  9. burnt someone's ears
  10. burnt that bridge when one came to it
  11. burnt the candle at both ends

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