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Brown room? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

study

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This clue might be a double definition.

'brown' is the first definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'room?' is the second definition.
(study is a kind of room)

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(Other definitions for study that I've seen before include "Room for work/reading" , "Read to learn" , "Dusty (anag.)" , "Examine carefully" , "Scrutinise" .)

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