Definition of browning Browning

/bɹawˈnɪŋ/ - [brawning] - brown•ing

We found 12 definitions of browning from 5 different sources.

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What does browning mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

browning - English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861)
  Elizabeth Barrett Browning
browning - English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889)
  Robert Browning
browning - United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
  John M. Browning, John Moses Browning
browning - cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill; "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread"
  toasting
  cookery, cooking, preparation the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • browning (Noun)
    The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, etc.
  • browning (Noun)
    A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
  • browning (Verb)
    Present participle of brown.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • browning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
    of Brown
  • browning (n.)
    The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun barrels, etc.
  • browning (n.)
    A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

  • browning
    See BRONZE.

Part of speech

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  • browning, verb, gerund of brown (infinitive).
  • browning, noun, singular of brownings.

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