Origin of branch

1250–1300; Middle English bra(u)nche < Anglo-French; Old French branche < Late Latin branca paw, of uncertain origin

synonym study for branch

1. Branch, bough, limb refer to divisions of a tree. Branch is general, meaning either a large or a small division. Bough refers only to the larger branches: a bough loaded with apples. A limb is a large primary division of a tree trunk or of a bough: to climb out on a limb.

OTHER WORDS FROM branch

Definition for branch (2 of 2)

-branch

a combining form for forming nouns and adjectives that denote gill formations or animals having gill formations.

Origin of -branch

< French -branche, New Latin -branchia, from Latin branchiae “gills” (see branchia)

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British Dictionary definitions for branch

branch
/ (brɑːntʃ) /

noun

verb

See also branch out

Derived forms of branch

branchless, adjective branchlike, adjective branchy, adjective

Word Origin for branch

C13: from Old French branche, from Late Latin branca paw, foot

Medical definitions for branch

branch
[ brănch ]

n.

An offshoot or a division of the main portion of a structure, especially that of a nerve, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel; a ramus.

Idioms and Phrases with branch

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