English Explanatory Dictionary

mummy brown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc.
  2. The colour of this pigment, a variable brown intermediate between raw umber and burnt umber.

Pronunciation

/ˌmʌmi ˈbɹaʊn/ en-au-mummy brown.ogg

Word forms

mummy brown mummy browns

Synonyms

mummy
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