| Main Entry: | brown |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark, burnished color |
Synonyms: |
amber, auburn, bay, beige, bister, brick, bronze, buff, burnt sienna, chestnut, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, coffee, copper, drab, dust, ecru, fawn, ginger, hazel, henna, khaki, mahogany, nut, ochre, puce, russet, rust, sepia, snuff-colored, sorrel, tan, tawny, terra-cotta, toast, umber |
| Main Entry: | clay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | workable earth material |
Synonyms: |
adobe, argil, argillaceous earth, bole, brick, china material, clunch, earth, kaolin, loam, loess, marl, mud, porcelain material, pottery, slip, terra cotta, till, wacke |
| Main Entry: | pottery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | containers made from clay; clay art |
Synonyms: |
ceramics, crockery, earthenware, firing, glazing, porcelain, porcelainware, stoneware, terra cotta |
| Main Entry: | earthenware |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crockery |
Synonyms: |
ceramics, pottery, stoneware, terra cotta |
| Notes: | earthenware is low-fired clay, porcelain is high-fired, stoneware is about halfway between earthenware and porcelain in quality and durability, and the term china can be applied to any porcelain, earthenware, or ceramicware dishes or crockery |
| Main Entry: | terra-cotta |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | baked earth |
Synonyms: |
adobe, argil, ceramic clay, terra cotta |
| Main Entry: | brown |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
Related
Adjectives: |
brown, aithochrous, auburn, bay, bronze, brown as a berry, brown as mahogany, brunette, brunneous, butterscotch, café au lait, castaneous, chestnut, chocolate, cinnamon, coffee, dapple, fawn, fulvous, fuscous, ginger, glandaceous, khaki, liver, mahogany, maroon, mousy, nut, russet, snuff, tan, tanned, tawny, tortoiseshell, whity
|
| Concept: | Brown. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; light; specific light |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
brown, brunet, brunette., [Pigments] bister, ocher, sepia, Vandyke brown.
-verbs
render brown; tan, embrown, bronze.
-adjectives
brown, bay, dapple, auburn, castaneous, chestnut, nut-brown, cinnamon, russet, tawny, fuscous, chocolate, maroon, foxy, tan, brunette, whitey brown; fawn-colored, snuff-colored, liver-colored; brown as a berry, brown as mahogany, brown as the oak leaves; khaki., sun-burnt, sunburned, tawny; tanned.
|
| Browse Concept Index » | |