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How to pronounce maroon in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms brownish-red
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Synonyms strand
Type of abandon, desert, desolate, forsake


the travellers were marooned.
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Type of purplish red, purplish-red
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Type of firework, pyrotechnic
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Type of unfortunate, unfortunate person


when the tide came in I was a maroon out there.
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Type of insulate, isolate


The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island.

Examples of maroon

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He pulls his cruiser from the shoulder and tails a maroon 2000 Chevrolet Malibu.
From the stltoday.com
On Jan. 10, 2004, he put on a black tuxedo and a maroon bow tie and married her.
From the dallasnews.com
Maroon 5 fan club members have access to pre-sale tickets Monday, April 1, 2013.
From the newsday.com
Now available in beetroot, black and maroon, the substantial tote weighs 1.07kg.
From the couriermail.com.au
From the door to the platform had been built a special ramp, carpeted in maroon.
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She glanced around the room with its stained furniture and maroon floral drapes.
From the latimes.com
The other three were blue boy monsters with maroon hair and long, jagged teeth.
From the dispatch.com
Ultimately, he bought a used maroon model with 17,000 miles for $9,900 on eBay.
From the tennessean.com
She found a maroon lace dress that she thinks will be perfect for New Year's Eve.
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More examples
  • Of dark brownish to purplish red
  • A person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there"
  • Leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned"
  • Leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"
  • An exploding firework used as a warning signal
  • (marooned) isolated: cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard"
  • Maroon (2000) is the fifth full-length studio album by Barenaked Ladies. The follow-up to 1998's Stunt, Maroon debuted #1 in Canada (their second to reach #1 after 1992's Gordon) and #5 in the United States, selling a million units in America alone. ...
  • Maroon are a German Heavy Metal band based in Nordhausen. They were formed in 1998.
  • Maroon is a dark red color.