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    BURNT SIENNA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A shade of brown with a tinge of redplay

    Synonyms:

    burnt sienna; mahogany; reddish brown; sepia; Venetian red

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("burnt sienna" is a kind of...):

    brown; brownness (an orange of low brightness and saturation)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "burnt sienna"):

    brick red (a bright reddish-brown color)

    copper; copper color (a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper)

    Indian red (a reddish-brown color resembling the red soil used as body paint by American Indians)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A reddish-brown pigment produced by roasting siennaplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("burnt sienna" is a kind of...):

    sienna (an earth color containing ferric oxides; used as a pigment)

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