branch (noun)
41branch — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French branche, from Late Latin branca paw Date: 14th century 1. a natural subdivision of a plant stem; especially a secondary shoot or stem (as a bough) arising from a main… …
42branch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. member, arm, bough, limb, ramification; shoot, offshoot; part.See ancestry. v. i. fork, divide, bifurcate; radiate, diverge. See disjunction. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A part, usually of secondary… …
43branch line — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms branch line : singular branch line plural branch lines a railway track between small towns on which small and fairly slow trains run. A track between larger towns, with larger and faster trains, is called a… …
44branch — 1. noun 1) the branches of a tree Syn: bough, limb, arm, offshoot, twig 2) the judicial branch of government Syn: division, subdivision, section, subsection, department, unit …
45branch pipe — /ˈbræntʃ paɪp/ (say branch puyp) noun → branch (def. 8) …
46branch manager — /brɑ:ntʃ mænɪdʒə/ noun a person in charge of a branch of a company ▪▪▪ ‘…a leading manufacturer of business, industrial and commercial products requires a branch manager to head up its mid western Canada operations based in Winnipeg’ [Globe and… …
47branch manager — /brɑ:ntʃ mænɪdʒə/ noun a person in charge of a branch of a company ▪▪▪ ‘…a leading manufacturer of business, industrial and commercial products requires a branch manager to head up its mid western Canada operations based in Winnipeg’ [Globe and… …
48Branch Davidian — /bræntʃ dəˈvɪdiən/ (say branch duh videeuhn) noun 1. a member of a US sect which is an offshoot of the Seventh day Adventists. See Waco. –adjective 2. of or relating to this religious group …
49branch line — /ˈbræntʃ laɪn/ (say branch luyn) noun a minor railway line, often connected to the main line at one end only …
50branch — /brɑ:ntʃ/ noun the local office of a bank or large business, or a local shop which is part of a large chain …
