brownish-black
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- adjective
- /ˈbraʊnɪʃ blæk/
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marrón oscuro
- And then the liner is Blitz and Glitz, which really up close in the sun, this looks like a dark, dark brownish black with sparkle, but it looks more like just plain old black here.
- turns a brownish-black
Examples
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It had turned a dark brownish-black.
Fiction book (1995) -
Like the roots, his hands were gnarled; like the soil, his skin was brownish-black.
Fiction book (1996) -
A mature melaleuca tree produces millions of brownish-black seeds every year, each about the size of a pepper grain.
Academic text (1997) -
The dog had a beautiful brownish-black coat that glistened in the sunlight.
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She wore a brownish-black dress that complemented her eyes perfectly.
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The minerals in the rock gave it a brownish-black appearance, different from the usual gray.
Synonyms
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A very dark brown color with a hint of black
Dark brown with a little black
How Brown
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word brownish-black is built from the simple words brown and black, with -ish meaning 'a little like'. So, it describes something that is mostly black but has a brown tone, like dark soil or a coat that looks almost charcoal.