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brown-striped

brown-striped

1.7
Marked with brown lines
  • adjective
  • /braʊnˈstraɪpt/
translation icon : rayado de marrón
  • The brown-striped shirt was his favorite item of clothing.

Examples

  • We spotted a brown-striped snake slithering through the grass.

  • The brown-striped tiger prowled through the jungle.

  • Many brown-striped moths are nocturnal and hard to see during the day.

  • I saw a brown-striped snake in the garden.

  • In the garden, we found a brown-striped snail slowly moving on the leaves.

  • The artist painted a vivid scene featuring a brown-striped tiger resting in the sun.

  • While hiking, we observed several brown-striped birds perched on the branches.

Synonyms

striped
vsbrown-striped
9 1.0

With long lines of a different color, like on a shirt or animal

has those bands in a definite warm color rather than any color
stripy
vsbrown-striped
  • UK
1 1.0

Having lines in different colors, like a shirt with blue and white lines

is the neutral description focusing on bands with a warm hue
brownish-striped
vsbrown-striped
3.2

Having brownish stripes on clothes or animals

has bands of a stronger definite warm color
barred
vsbrown-striped
3.5

Marked with stripes or bands of colour across the surface

describes bands that are colored with a definite warm hue
streaked
vsbrown-striped
2.7

Having long thin lines or marks on a surface

implies neat, regularly colored bands in a warm shade

Antonyms

208 1.0

Simple and not decorated or flavored

1 3.4

Having one color with no pattern

How Striped

brown-striped
1.7
striped
9 1.0
pinstriped
4 3.6

Surface Forms

brown-striped positive

Morphology

brown-striped = brown + striped (transparent) = brown + stripe + ed

The compound combines 'brown' and 'striped' (stripe + -ed) in a straightforward way meaning 'having brown stripes'.

Etymology

Brown-striped is simply the color brown plus striped, where stripe means a 'long line' of color. So brown-striped literally means 'having brown lines', like a brown-striped shirt or an animal with brown stripes.