brown
verb [I or T] /braʊn/Definition
› to make food brown by cooking it: Lightly brown the onion before adding the tomatoes. Allow the meat to brown before adding the vegetables.Preparing food using heatPreparing food
(Definition of brown verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bake verb
- baste verb (POUR)
- batch-bake verb
- boil sth up phrasal verb
- boiled adjective
- braise verb
- flash-fry verb
- fried adjective
- frizzled adjective
- fry verb
- kettle noun (EQUIPMENT)
- lightly adverb (GENTLY)
- render sth down phrasal verb
- rendering noun (OF DEAD ANIMALS)
- roast adjective
- roast verb (COOK)
- sauté verb
- shallow-fry verb
- simmer verb
- stew verb
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