Branch - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |bræntʃ|  American pronunciation of the word branch
Brit.  |brɑːn(t)ʃ|  British pronunciation of the word branch

noun

- a division of some larger or more complex organization (syn: arm, subdivision)
a branch of Congress
botany is a branch of biology
the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages
- a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- a part of a forked or branching shape (syn: leg, ramification)
he broke off one of the branches
- a natural consequence of development (syn: offset, offshoot, outgrowth)
- a stream or river connected to a larger one
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm (syn: arm, limb)
a branch of the sewer

verb

- grow and send out branches or branch-like structures (syn: ramify)
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork (syn: fork, furcate, ramify, separate)

Extra examples

The bank has a new branch in our area.

She works at the branch office downtown.

The stream branches from the river near their house.

...threads branched from the center of the spider web...

Consequences that go on branching out more widely.

An excellent street branches away from the quay.

The whole system of offices is branched in five classes.

After the storm, the ground was littered with twigs and branches.

The topmost branches were full of birds.

The bank has branches all over the country.

She now works in our Denver branch.

Where's their nearest branch?

They're planning to open a branch in St. Louis next year.

Have you met our branch manager, Mr. Carlson?

All branches of government are having to cut costs.

Phrasal verbs

branch out  — vary in order to spread risk or to expand

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: branch
he/she/it: branches
present participle: branching
past tense: branched
past participle: branched
noun
singular: branch
plural: branches
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