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brainchild

or brain-child, brain child

[ breyn-chahyld ]

/ ˈbreɪnˌtʃaɪld /

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noun, plural brain·chil·dren.

a product of one's creative work or thought.

Origin of brainchild

First recorded in 1880–85; brain + child

Words nearby brainchild

brain-picking, brain-teaser, brain-trust, brainbox, braincase, brainchild, braindead, braine, brained, brainerd, brainfag

Example sentences from the Web for brainchild

The feisty airline is the brainchild of entrepreneur Tony Fernandes, a Malaysian of Indian descent who also is a British citizen.

The Presumed Crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Is Nothing Like MH370 |Lennox Samuels |December 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
EatWith is the brainchild of Israeli entrepreneur Guy Michlin.

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The brainchild of a company called Sologic, the eTree looks like a basic tree with a wooden trunk.

Parks and Regeneration |The Daily Beast |November 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But The STAR, the brainchild of Russian-born boat designer Igor Lobanov, has not been built yet.

The World's Most Beautiful Boat—Yours for Half a Billion Dollars |Tim Teeman |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Aprilzero is the brainchild of Internet entrepreneur Anand Sharma.

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Sixty seconds later the Brainchild began her long, logarithmic drop toward the surface of Eisberg.

Unwise Child |Gordon Randall Garrett
The Brainchild will be left there and, presumably, dismantled.

Unwise Child |Gordon Randall Garrett
But how to turn Pat's brainchild into cold, hard cash—that's the question before the board now.

Lighter Than You Think |Nelson Bond
The take-off of the Brainchild was not so easy as it might have appeared to anyone who watched it from the outside.

Unwise Child |Gordon Randall Garrett
They also show that he was on leave in New York just before being assigned to the Brainchild.

Unwise Child |Gordon Randall Garrett

British Dictionary definitions for brainchild

brainchild

/ (ˈbreɪnˌtʃaɪld) /

noun plural -children

informal an idea or plan produced by creative thought; invention