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maroon

adjectiveverbnoun /mərun/ 2 syllables 6 letters Scrabble 8 WWF 10
Definitions
adjective

of dark brownish to purplish red

verb

leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue

“the travellers were marooned”

noun

a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color

noun

an exploding firework used as a warning signal

noun

a person who is stranded (as on an island)

“when the tide came in I was a maroon out there”

verb

leave stranded on a desert island without resources

“The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island”

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