branch
/bɹænt͡ʃ/ noun A2- The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
- Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree. · the branch of an antler, a chandelier, or a railway
- A creek or stream which flows into a larger river. · branch water
- One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance. · the branches of a hyperbola
- A location of an organization with several locations. · Our main branch is downtown, and we have branches in all major suburbs.
- A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line. · the English branch of a family
- A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
- An area in business or of knowledge, research.
Plural branches
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Dorothy went to get him, and saw such delicious fruit hanging from the branches that she gathered some of it, finding it just what she wanted to help out her breakfast.
Toward evening they came to a great forest, where the trees grew so big and close together that their branches met over the road of yellow brick.
It was almost dark under the trees, for the branches shut out the daylight; but the travelers did not stop, and went on into the forest.
“I see a little cottage at the right of us,” he said, “built of logs and branches.
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