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branch
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- pronunciation:
- braench
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a woody part of a tree or bush that grows out from the trunk.
The squirrel jumped from branch to branch in the tree.
- synonyms:
- limb
- similar words:
- stem, stick, switch, twig
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| definition 2: |
a part or division of the main part of something.
We chose a bank that has a branch near our house.Geometry is a branch of mathematics.The U.S. government has three branches.- similar words:
- arm, chapter, division, section
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| related words: |
brook, bureau, department, extension, log, member, part |
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| derivations: |
branchless (adj.), branchlike (adj.) |
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