browning

About 2.93 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.
2. noun Any of various preparations used to impart a brown colour to gravy, leather, etc.
3. noun A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
4. noun A brown-skinned person.
5. verb present participle and gerund of brown

Similar words

toasting rifle nonenzymatic ferris tanning searing caramelizing darkening bronzing singeing

Often followed by

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Word family

Browning Elizabeth Barrett Browning Robert Browning