embranchment

[ em-branch-muh nt, -brahnch- ]
/ ɛmˈbræntʃ mənt, -ˈbrɑntʃ- /

noun

a branching or ramification.
a branch.

Origin of embranchment

1820–30; < French embranchement, equivalent to em- em-1 + branche branch + -ment -ment

Words nearby embranchment

emboîté, embrace, embraceor, embracery, embracive, embranchment, embrangle, embrasure, embrittle, embrittlement, embrocate

British Dictionary definitions for embranchment

embranchment
/ (ɪmˈbrɑːntʃmənt) /

noun

the process of branching out, esp by a river
a branching out or ramification, as of a river or mountain range