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ROAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("roan" is a kind of...):
Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)
Derivation:
roan ((used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("roan" is a kind of...):
leather (an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey
Example:
a roan horse
Classified under:
Similar:
colored; colorful; coloured (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination)
Derivation:
roan (a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray)
