Branch

Quick meaning: Branch is a noun meaning The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.

Meaning

The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.

More Meanings

1. Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
2. (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
3. A location of an organization with several locations.
4. A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
5. (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
6. An area in business or of knowledge, research.
7. (chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.

Example Sentences

branch water

the branches of a hyperbola

the English branch of a family

his father, a younger branch of the ancient stock

Word Forms

• branches
• braunch
• branching
• branched

Synonyms for branch

Depending on context, synonyms include ramify, arm, bough, grain, limb, tiller.

Antonyms for branch

Common opposites include crotch.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include offshoot, outgrowth, fork, leg, arm, ramify.

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