brawnnoun [ U ]
uk/brɔːn/us/brɑːn/brawn noun [ U ] (STRENGTH)
physical strength and big muscles:
She said she preferred brawn to brains (= a person who is physically attractive rather than an intelligent one).
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Animal physiology: fit & healthy
- agile
- amazon
- an apple a day keeps the doctor away idiom
- apple
- athleticism
- be (as) fit as a fiddle idiom
- be (as) right as rain idiom
- beach-ready
- bouncing
- clean
- coordinated
- foot
- healthy
- iron man
- limber
- lithe
- muscle-bound
- pink
- sturdy
- virility
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brawn noun [ U ] (FOOD)
UK US headcheese meat from the head of a pig, cooked, and pressed into a block
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Sausages, burgers & stuffings
- baloney
- beefburger
- black pudding
- blood sausage
- boerewors
- corned beef
- croquette
- cutlet
- falafel
- fish finger
- liver sausage
- loaf
- luncheon meat
- meat loaf
- meatball
- sausage
- sausage meat
- snag
- Spam
- stuffing
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Organs eaten as meat
brawny
adjective uk/ˈbrɔː.ni/us/ˈbrɑː.ni/
He was a big brawny man with huge hands.