Definition of bran

"bran" in the noun sense

1. bran

broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting

2. bran

food prepared from the husks of cereal grains

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Quotations for bran

Much bran and little flour. [ Proverb ]

The devil's flour is half bran. [ Proverb ]

Fancy may bolt bran and think it flour. [ Proverb ]

You sift night and day and get nothing but bran. [ Proverb ]

As soon the dust of a wretch whom thou wouldest not, as of a prince whom thou couldest not look upon, will trouble thine eyes if the wind blow it thither; and when a whirlwind hath blown the dust of the churchyard into the church, and the man sweeps out the dust of the church into the churchyard, who will undertake to sift those dusts again, and to pronounce, This is the patrician, this is the noble flower, and this the yeoman, this the plebeian bran? [ Rev. Dr. Donne ]

bran in Scrabble®

The word bran is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters bran:

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bran in Words With Friends™

The word bran is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters bran:

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BARN
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Words within the letters of bran

2 letter words in bran (3 words)

3 letter words in bran (5 words)

4 letter words in bran (Anagrams) (2 words)

Words containing the sequence bran

Words with bran in them (146 words)

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Words that end with bran (1 word)

Word Growth involving bran

Shorter words in bran

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Longer words containing bran

branch abranchious

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branch multibranch multibranched

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branch overbranch overbranched

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