MAROON as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • an exploding firework used as a warning signal
    Hypernyms(s) maroon is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • a dark purplish red to dark brownish red
    Hypernyms(s) maroon is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • a person who is stranded (as on an island)
    Usage Example(s)
    • when the tide came in I was a maroon out there
    Hypernyms(s) maroon is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)

MAROON as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • leave stranded on a desert island without resources
    Usage Example(s)
    • The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island
    Hypernyms(s) maroon is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the travellers were marooned
    Hypernyms(s) maroon is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)

MAROON as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • dark brownish to purplish red
    Synonym(s) Similar To