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Spanish brown

Spanish brown noun: a kind of earth used in painting, having a dark reddish-brown colour due to the presence of sesquioxide of iron.

Noun

Spanish brown (countable and uncountable, plural Spanish browns)

  1. (archaic) A kind of earth used in painting, having a dark reddish-brown colour due to the presence of sesquioxide of iron.

Forms of Spanish brown

pluralSpanish browns

Questions about Spanish brown

What does Spanish brown mean?
Spanish brown means a kind of earth used in painting, having a dark reddish-brown colour due to the presence of sesquioxide of iron.
What part of speech is Spanish brown?
Spanish brown is a noun.
What is the plural of Spanish brown?
The plural of Spanish brown is Spanish browns.

Words near Spanish brown in the dictionary

  1. Spanish bluebell
  2. Spanish boot
  3. Spanish boots
  4. Spanish broom
  5. Spanish brooms
  6. Spanish brown
  7. Spanish browns
  8. Spanish buckeye
  9. Spanish buckeyes
  10. Spanish burton
  11. Spanish burtons

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