embrown

Meanings

Verb

cause to darken
make brown in color
To make (something) brown; to brown.
To make (something) dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); to brown, to darken.
To become or make brown; to brown.
To become or make dark or dusky; to brown, to darken.

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*h₁én
From em- (variant of en- (prefix with the sense ‘to bring to a certain condition or state’)) + brown (“having a brown colour”, adjective).
Cognates
* French embrunir
* Italian imbrunire

Synonyms

brown, brownify

Scrabble Score: 14

embrown is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
embrown is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
embrown is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

embrown is a valid Words With Friends word