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noun
A variety of brown to red-brown sandstone once popular as a building material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A row house built of brownstone, especially in New York City.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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verb
To scour (steps) with a donkey stone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, transitive
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noun
a row house built of brownstone; reddish brown in color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: row house, town house
noun
a reddish brown sandstone; used in buildings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sandstone
History
From brown + stone.
