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brownie.

A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbɹaʊni/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.

    countable · usually
    Order for the brownie was placed but it took half an hour to prepare it.
  2. A sweet bread with brown sugar and currants.

    Australia · New-Zealand · uncountable
  3. A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them.

    countable · uncountable
  4. A copper coin, brown in colour; a penny, halfpenny, or cent.

    countable · uncountable
  5. A household spirit or revered ancestor.

    countable · uncountable
  6. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Eurasian genus Miletus.

    countable · uncountable
  7. A brown trout (Salmo trutta).

    countable · informal · uncountable
  8. A widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas), a fish in the family Sebastidae.

    countable · informal · uncountable
  9. Alternative letter-case form of Brownie (“a girl in the first level of Girl Guides (US: Girl Scouts)”).

    alt-of · countable · uncountable
  10. A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass.

    Australia · New-Zealand · colloquial · countable · uncountable
  11. A person with brown skin.

    countable · ethnic · offensive · slur · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From brown + -ie (diminutive suffix). In folkloric sense, originally Scots. For sense 7, compare with Dutch kabouter (“a very young female member of the scout movement”) (literally "gnome").

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