bran

CEFRC1

/ˈbɹæn/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The outer layer of a grain, removed when making white flour.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The European carrion crow.

Examples

  • Remember to eat lots of bran to keep your bowels moving.

  • I can't eat bran cereal without fruit.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To clean (metal) using a branner.

  2. The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English bran, branne, bren, from Old French bren, bran (“bran, filth”), from Gaulish brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“rotten, foul”) (compare Welsh braen (“stench”), Irish bréan (“rancid”), Walloon brin (“excrement”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (compare Latin fragrāre (“to smell strongly”), Dutch brak (“hound”)).