maroon

Pronunciation

• enPR: mə-ro͞onʹ IPA ^(key): /məˈruːn/
• (AU) IPA ^(key): /məˈrəʉn/ or /məˈrʉːn/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧roon

Noun

Singular maroon

Plural maroons

1. (uncountable) Maroon is a dark red and somewhat brownish color.

2. (countable) A maroon is an escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas.

Verb

Plain form maroon

Third-person singular maroons

Past tense marooned

Past participle marooned

Present participle marooning

1. If you maroon something, you abandon it at a remote location.