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brownstone en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɹaʊnˌstoʊn/ (General-American)

Etymology

From brown + stone.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A variety of brown to red-brown sandstone once popular as a building material.
  2. (countable) A row house built of brownstone, especially in New York City.
    • Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto, I’ve lived all over this town. 1979, Talking Heads, Life During Wartime:
    • They emerge from the car to face a pair of brownstones, stately narrow things, which seem to have been similarly renovated and decorated. 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 203:
    • Did I mention he lives in a fantastic, expensive-looking brownstone? Did I mention that he’s a published novelist? Did I mention that he’s an involved, attentive father? 2014 October 9, James Poniewozik, “Review: The Affair: More Than Meets the "I"”, in Time:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
brownstones Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

brownstoned · brownstoner · Hummelstown brownstone

brownstone en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɹaʊnˌstoʊn/ (General-American)

Etymology

From brown + stone.

Meanings

  1. (historical, transitive) To scour (steps) with a donkey stone.

Forms

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brownstoning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
brownstoned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
brownstoned Tense=Past lexicographic
brownstones Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Coordinates

whitestone