branch

CEFRB1

/bɹɑːnt͡ʃ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A part of a tree growing from its trunk, or a division of an organization.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.

Examples

  • The lamp was suspended from the branch of a tree.

  • We decided to branch out into selling some foodstuffs.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

  2. The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.

  3. One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.

More examples

In context

  • the branch of an antler, a chandelier, or a railway

  • the branches of a hyperbola

  • branch water

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Origin

noun

From Middle English branche, braunche, bronche, from Old French branche, branke, from Late Latin branca (“footprint”, later also “paw, claw”) (whence Middle High German pranke, German Pranke (“paw”)), of unknown origin. Perhaps of Celtic origin, from a hypothetical Gaulish *vranca, from Proto-Indo-European *wrónk-eh₂. If so, then Indo-European cognates include Old Norse rá, vró (“angle, corner”), and possibly Lithuanian rankà (“hand”), Old Church Slavonic рѫка (rǫka, “hand”), Albanian rangë (“yardwork”). The verb is from Middle English braunchen, from the noun.