mummy brown
A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or…A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc.
/ˌmʌmi ˈbɹaʊn/
Meaning
2 senses(historical, uncountable, usually)A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc.
(uncountable, usually)The colour of this pigment, a variable brown intermediate between raw umber and burnt umber.
Translations
2 languagesForms
plural: mummy browns| Singular | mummy brown |
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uncountable
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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