Meaning

A system of writing in which letters and some combinations of letters are represented by raised dots arranged in three or four rows of two dots each and are read by the blind and partially sighted using the fingertips..

Definitions by Sense

1. A system of writing in which letters and some combinations of letters are represented by raised dots arranged in three or four rows of two dots each and are read by the blind and partially sighted using the fingertips.
2. To write in, or convert into, the braille writing system.
3. (informal, by extension) to identify something by touch.
4. Of, relating to or written in braille.

Example Sentences

Another difficulty which causes literature in braille to remain scarce is the cumbersomeness of the process of producing braille books.

I played back my recorded notes and brailled them.

the sponsorship statement on respondent's brailled volumes [...] He admittedly had no knowledge of just how respondent's book [...] came to be brailled

Word Forms

• brailles
• Braille
• brailling
• brailled

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When Should You Use Braille?

Use braille when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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