Overview of noun maroon

The noun maroon has 3 senses

• maroon -- (a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there")


• maroon -- (a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color)


• maroon -- (an exploding firework used as a warning signal)

Overview of verb maroon

The verb maroon has 2 senses

• maroon, strand -- (leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned")


• maroon -- (leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island")

Overview of adj maroon

The adj maroon has 1 sense

• maroon, brownish-red -- (of dark brownish to purplish red)