branchnoun [ C ]
uk/brɑːntʃ/us/bræntʃ/branch noun [ C ] (PART)
B2 a part of something larger:
B1 one of the offices or groups that form part of a large business organization:
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- The bank has three branches in Norwich, and over three hundred countrywide.
- Police officers from the organized crime branch have raided solicitors' offices in central London.
- The customer has only to bring the goods in to any branch and an immediate, no-questions-asked refund or replacement will be provided.
- To contact our Australian branch, email us at info@cambridge.edu.au.
- The company has announced the closure of several of its rural branches.
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Words meaning parts of things
- back end
- bifurcation
- body
- cartridge
- chunk
- compartment
- element
- item
- module
- neck
- piece
- section
- segment
- segmental
- side
- snatch
- spare
- sub
- subsection
- third
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branch noun [ C ] (TREE PART)
B1 one of the parts of a tree that grows out from the main trunk and has leaves, flowers, or fruit on it:
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Parts of plants
- aerial root
- bud
- cambium
- cane
- corm
- cotyledon
- fig leaf
- frond
- lamina
- leafless
- lily pad
- meristem
- micropyle
- nectary
- needle
- rootstock
- testa
- the treetops
- trunk
- twig
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branch noun [ C ] (RIVER/ROAD)
a part of a river or road that leaves the main part:
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Parts of watercourses
- artesian well
- basin
- confluence
- delta
- drainage basin
- estuary
- firth
- geyser
- head
- lock
- lock-keeper
- meander
- midstream
- mooring
- reach
- spring
- towpath
- tributary
- water table
- weir
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branch noun [ C ] (BLOOD VESSEL)
specialized medical a smaller blood vessel or nerve that grows out of the main part
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Substances & structures in the body
- abductor
- accessorius
- adductor
- agonist
- amyloid
- atheroma
- caecum
- grey matter
- gyrus
- hallucis
- hilum
- hilus
- lymph vessel
- peptic
- periosteum
- peritoneal
- peritoneum
- phosphatase
- vitreous humour
- xiphoid
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branchverb [ I ]
uk/brɑːntʃ/us/bræntʃ/branch verb [ I ] (TREE)
to produce branches:
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Separating and dividing
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- borderline
- breakdown
- disestablish
- dismember
- dissociate
- dissociate yourself from sth
- disunite
- divide
- drift
- pull sth/sb apart
- quarter
- ravel
- resolve
- resolve sth into sth
- rive
- tear 1
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branch verb [ I ] (SPLIT)
to divide into two:
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Separating and dividing
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- borderline
- breakdown
- disestablish
- dismember
- dissociate
- dissociate yourself from sth
- disunite
- divide
- drift
- pull sth/sb apart
- quarter
- ravel
- resolve
- resolve sth into sth
- rive
- tear 1
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