Definitions for branches

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branches branch

Spelling: [branch, brahnch]

IPA: /bræntʃ, brɑntʃ/

Branches is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 382 anagrams from letters in branches (abcehnrs).

Definitions for branches

noun

1. a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
2. a limb, offshoot, or ramification of any main stem:
3. any member or part of a body or system; a section or subdivision:
4. a local operating division of a business, library, or the like.
5. a line of family descent stemming from a particular ancestor, as distinguished from some other line or lines from the same stock; a division of a family.
6. a tributary stream or any stream that is not a large river or a bayou.
7. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. branch water (def 2).
8. Linguistics. (in the classification of related languages within a family) a category of a lower order than a subfamily and of a higher order than a subbranch or a group, as the Germanic branch of Indo-European. Compare group (def 4a).
9. Computers. a point in a computer program where the computer selects one of two or more instructions to execute, according to some criterion.
10. Nautical. a warrant or license permitting a pilot to navigate in certain waters.

Verb phrases

1. branch out, to expand or extend, as business activities, pursuits, interests, etc.:

verb (used with object)

1. to divide into branches or sections.
2. to adorn with needlework; decorate with embroidery, as in textile fabrics.

verb (used without object)

1. to put forth branches; spread in branches.
2. to divide into separate parts or subdivisions; diverge:
3. to expand or extend, as business activities:

Origin of branches

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

Examples for branches

The basic Acacia model, equipped with seven branches that have a combined capacity of 1.4 kilowatts, costs $100,000.

But the leaves and branches – the canopy it effectively creates -- is made up of solar panels.

But I saw him make a spring and land among the branches of the tree.

He dug a hole and he covered it with branches and leaves and a little grass.

Up in the tree sits the young gardener pruning the branches.

The birds poop all over the forest, and thanks to the viscin, the mistletoe seeds in said poop stick to branches.

The moonlight, striking through the opening in the branches, fell across her.

Mistletoe bushes clump on branches like something out of a Dr. Seuss book.

“Trust in all branches of federal government at or near record lows,” reports Gallup.

Bronze lampholder: Five lamps hung from the branches of this bronze tree.