marron — meaning in English

English meaning

• brown adj Having the colour of chocolate, coffee, or soil.
• chestnut noun A tree that produces glossy brown edible nuts, or the nut itself.
• feral adj Wild and untamed, especially describing an animal that has escaped domestication and now lives in the wild.
• maroon adj A dark brownish-red colour.

Senses

marron is used for these senses in English:

• Spanish chestnut The fruit of this tree.
• brown Having a brown colour.
• brown (countable, and, uncountable) A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
• chestnut Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.
• chestnut (uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour, as seen on the fruit of the chestnut tree.
• feral Of an animal, wild but descended from domestic or captive ancestors; thus, in the wild, although not necessarily of the wild type.
• horse chestnut The large nutlike seed of these trees.
• maroon Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

brown — full definition

1. adj Having the colour of chocolate, coffee, or soil.
2. noun The colour itself, a mix of red, yellow, and black.
3. verb To cook food, especially meat, until its surface turns brown.
4. verb To become tanned or darker in the sun.

chestnut — full definition

1. noun A tree that produces glossy brown edible nuts, or the nut itself.
2. adj A deep reddish-brown colour, like the nut.
3. noun A joke or story that has been told so often it has stopped being funny or interesting.

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