maroon
(noun, adjective, verb)
adjective
1. of dark brownish to purplish red
Similar word(s): chromatic
noun
1. a person who is stranded (as on an island)
- when the tide came in I was a maroon out there
Definition categories: person, unfortunate
2. a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
Definition categories: attribute
3. an exploding firework used as a warning signal
Definition categories: man–made, firework, pyrotechnic
Sentences with maroon as a noun:
- maroon colour:
verb
1. leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
- the travellers were marooned
Similar word(s): strand
Definition categories: possession, abandon, desert, desolate, forsake
2. leave stranded on a desert island without resources
- The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island
Definition categories: change, insulate, isolate