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bran

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈbɹæn/(US)

Definition of bran

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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.
  2. The European carrion crow.

verb

  1. (transitive)To clean (metal) using a branner.

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

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”)).

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