Definition of branch

"branch" in the noun sense

1. branch, subdivision, arm

a division of some larger or more complex organization

"a branch of Congress"

"botany is a branch of biology"

"the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages"

2. branch

a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

3. branch, leg, ramification

a part of a forked or branching shape

"he broke off one of the branches"

4. outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset

a natural consequence of development

5. branch

a stream or river connected to a larger one

6. arm, branch, limb

any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

"the arm of the record player"

"an arm of the sea"

"a branch of the sewer"

"branch" in the verb sense

1. ramify, branch

grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

"these plants ramify early and get to be very large"

2. branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate

divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

"The road forks"

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Quotations for branch

Like the bird be thou,
That for a moment rests
Upon the topmost bough:
He feels the branch to bend
And yet as sweetly sings,
Knowing that he has wings. [ Victor Hugo ]

He that loves the tree loves the branch. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

In war the olive branch of peace is of use. [ Ovid ]

Those green-robed senators of mighty woods.
Tall oaks, branch-charmed by the earnest stars,
Dream, and so dream all night without a stir. [ Keats ]

The mistletoe hung in the castle hall. The holly branch shone on the old oak wall. [ Thos. Haynes Bayly ]

No human face is exactly the same in its lines on each side, no leaf perfect in its lobes, no branch in its symmetry. [ John Ruskin ]

Truthfulness is not so much a branch as a blossom of moral, manly strength. The weak, whether they will or not, must lie. [ J. Paul F. Richter ]

branch in Scrabble®

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

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters branch:

BRANCH
(51)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word branch

BRANCH
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In branch

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(48)
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branch in Words With Friends™

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

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

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

BRANCH
(75)
BRANCH
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All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word branch

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In branch

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(75)
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Words within the letters of branch

2 letter words in branch (5 words)

3 letter words in branch (9 words)

4 letter words in branch (5 words)

5 letter words in branch (1 word)

6 letter words in branch (1 word)

branch + 2 blanks (4 words)

Words containing the sequence branch

Word Growth involving branch

Shorter words in branch

bra bran

an ran bran

an ran ranch

Longer words containing branch

abranchious

branched debranched

branched disbranched

branched hyperbranched

branched multibranched

branched overbranched

branched rebranched

branched unbranched

branched underbranched

branches debranches

branches disbranches

branches hemibranches

branches holobranches

branches hyperbranches

branches overbranches

branches rebranches

branches subbranches

branches underbranches

branchful branchfuls

branchial abranchial abranchialism

branchial buccobranchial

branchial hyobranchial

branchial pharyngobranchial

branchial postbranchial

branchial pseudobranchial pseudobranchially

branchiate abranchiate abranchiates

branchiate branchiated

branchiate branchiates abranchiates

branchiate branchiates azygobranchiates

branchiate branchiates dibranchiates

branchiate dibranchiate dibranchiates

branchiate lamellibranchiate

branchiate multibranchiate

branchiate nonbranchiate

branchiate pseudobranchiate

branchiate zygobranchiate azygobranchiate azygobranchiates

branchiating

branchier

branchiest

branching debranching

branching disbranching

branching hyperbranching

branching nonbranching

branching overbranching

branching rebranching

branching unbranching

branching underbranching

branchiocardiac

branchiogenic

branchiogenous

branchioma branchiomas

branchiomere branchiomeres

branchiomeric

branchiomerism

branchiomycosis

branchiopallial

branchiopneustic

branchiopod branchiopodan branchiopodans

branchiopod branchiopodous

branchiopod branchiopods

branchiostegal

branchiostegan

branchiostegite branchiostegites

branchiostegous

branchiostomid branchiostomids

branchiostomous

branchless

branchlet branchlets

branchlike

branchline branchlines

branchling branchlings

branchpoint branchpoints

cryptobranch cryptobranchoid cryptobranchoids

debranch debranched

debranch debrancher debranchers

debranch debranches

debranch debranching

disbranch disbranched

disbranch disbranches

disbranch disbranching

elasmobranch elasmobranchs

embranchment embranchments

filibranch

foliobranch foliobranchs

hemibranch hemibranches

hemibranch hemibranchs

holobranch holobranches

holobranch holobranchs

hyperbranch hyperbranched

hyperbranch hyperbranches

hyperbranch hyperbranching

lamellibranch eulamellibranch

lamellibranch lamellibranchiate

lamellibranch lamellibranchs

lamellibranch pseudolamellibranch

multibranch multibranched

multibranch multibranchiate

opisthobranch opisthobranchs

overbranch overbranched

overbranch overbranches

overbranch overbranching

pseudobranchiae

rebranch rebranched

rebranch rebranches

rebranch rebranching

subbranch subbranches

underbranch underbranched

underbranch underbranches

underbranch underbranching

zygobranch zygobranchiate azygobranchiate azygobranchiates