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BROWNSTONE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A row house built of brownstone; reddish brown in color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("brownstone" is a kind of...):

row house; town house (a house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common walls)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A reddish brown sandstone; used in buildings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("brownstone" is a kind of...):

sandstone (a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.))

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