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Meaning of burnt sienna | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

dark reddish brown colour, like that of roasted sienna.

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Examples

“We drink the last of the spring water in our canteens and, still thirsty, look to the river, that sombre flow the color of burnt sienna, raw umber, muy colorado, too thin to plow–as the Mormons say–and too thick to drink.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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