ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Braille

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈbɹeɪ̯l/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Braille is a noun meaning To write in, or convert into, the braille writing system.

Meaning

To write in, or convert into, the braille writing system.

More Meanings

  1. (informal, by extension) to identify something by touch.
  2. Of, relating to or written in braille.
  3. 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.

Example Sentences

I played back my recorded notes and brailled them.
Another difficulty which causes literature in braille to remain scarce is the cumbersomeness of the process of producing braille books.
the sponsorship statement on respondent's brailled volumes [...] He admittedly had no knowledge of just how respondent's book [...] came to be brailled

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