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  • adjective not browned

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un- +‎ browned

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Examples

  • It was an hour when unripe apples shower down in orchards, and unbrowned chestnuts descend in their husks upon the park glades.

    Two on a Tower 2006

  • White sauce uses a stock made from unbrowned meat, vegetables, and bones, and is bound with a pale yellow roux.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • White sauce uses a stock made from unbrowned meat, vegetables, and bones, and is bound with a pale yellow roux.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Once through the gate, they found themselves in a meadow yellow and white with wild flowers, thick with green grass yet unmowed and unbrowned by the greater heat of late summer.

    Through Wolfs Eyes 2001

  • He rolled over the sausages, the unbrowned sides sizzled.

    Brannon's Choice Browne, Richard W 2001

  • His complexion was of a delicate white, unbrowned by the southern sun, and the skin was so transparent that the roots of his black beard were visible beneath its surface.

    Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue Warren T. Ashton

  • In this case about one-half tablespoonful more should be allowed, for browned flour does not thicken so well as unbrowned.

    Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife Marion Mills Miller 1906

  • Now the browned half was on the upper or handle side, while the unbrowned half was on the side near the ground, and in a few minutes the whole loaf was deliciously browned.

    Troop One of the Labrador Dillon Wallace 1901

  • Put one tablespoonful of butter and two of flour into a saucepan, add a half pint of milk, stir until boiling, add a half cup of stale, unbrowned bread crumbs, a teaspoonful of salt, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, a dash of pepper and a half teaspoonful of onion juice; add the eggs, mix and turn out to cool.

    Made-Over Dishes 1893

  • It was an hour when unripe apples shower down in orchards, and unbrowned chestnuts descend in their husks upon the park glades.

    Two on a Tower Thomas Hardy 1884

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