Definitions for maroon

Definitions for (noun) maroon

Main entry: maroon

Definition: an exploding firework used as a warning signal


Main entry: maroon

Definition: a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color


Main entry: maroon

Definition: a person who is stranded (as on an island)

Usage: when the tide came in I was a maroon out there


Definitions for (verb) maroon

Main entry: maroon

Definition: leave stranded on a desert island without resources

Usage: The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island


Main entry: maroon, strand

Definition: leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue

Usage: the travellers were marooned


Definitions for (adj) maroon

Main entry: maroon, brownish-red

Definition: of dark brownish to purplish red


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