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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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156 words · showing 121–156

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  • breakoutnounB2+3 meaningsAn escape from a prison or other closed place.
  • breastplate/ˈbɹɛstˌpleɪt/nounB2+Armour worn across the chest.
  • breaststroke/ˈbɹɛstˌstɹoʊk/nounB2+A swimming style with both arms sweeping together.
  • brewer/ˈbɹuː.ə(ɹ)/nounB2+Somebody whose trade is making beer.
  • brewery/ˈbɹuːəɹi/nounB2+A factory where beer is made.
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The worker who builds walls from bricks.
  • brickwork/ˈbɹɪk.wɝk/nounB2+The pattern in which bricks have been laid.
  • bridle/ˈbɹaɪdəl/nounB2+2 meaningsThe straps and bit by which a horse is guided.
  • brie/bɹiː/nounB2+A soft French cheese with a white rind.
  • briefing/ˈbɹiː.fɪŋ/nounB2+A short meeting giving people the information they need.
  • brilliance/ˈbɹɪljən(t)s/nounB2+2 meaningsVery great brightness.
  • broadcaster/ˈbɹɔdˌkæstɚ/nounB2+2 meaningsA person who presents programmes on air.
  • broil/bɹɔɪl/verbB2+To cook by direct heat, or to be uncomfortably hot.
  • bronzernounB2+A powder that gives skin a sun-touched look.
  • brooch/bɹəʊtʃ/nounB2+A piece of jewellery fastened to clothing by a pin at the back.
  • brothel/ˈbɹɔθəl/nounB2+A house where prostitutes work.
  • browse/bɹaʊz/verbB2+3 meaningsTo look through goods, pages or files with no fixed goal.
  • brunt/bɹʌnt/nounB2+The main force of a blow or an attack.
  • budding/ˈbʌdiŋ/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsJust beginning to develop.
  • budgetingnounB2+Planning carefully how your money will be spent.
  • bugle/ˈbjuːɡəl/nounB2+A simple valveless brass horn used for military calls.
  • bulimia/bjuˈlimi.ə/nounB2+An eating disorder of bingeing and then purging.
  • bungle/ˈbʌŋɡ(ə)l/verbB2+To do a job clumsily and get it wrong.
  • buoy/ˈbɔɪ/nounB2+2 meaningsA floating marker anchored to warn or guide.
  • buoyancy/ˈbɔɪ.ən.si/nounB2+The tendency of a body to rise in water.
  • buoyant/ˈbɔɪ.ənt/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsAble to float easily.
  • bureaucrat/ˈbjʊəɹəkɹæt/nounB2+An official who applies rules rigidly rather than sensibly.
  • burgle/ˈbɜːɡl̩/verbB2+To enter a building illegally in order to steal.
  • burgundy/ˈbɜ.ɡən.di/adjectiveB2+The deep red of a heavy wine.
  • burly/ˈbɜːli/adjectiveB2+Large, strong and heavily built.
  • burnout/ˈbɜː(ɹ)naʊt/nounB2+Deep exhaustion from prolonged stress at work.
  • burundinounB2+Small hilly country south of Rwanda on Lake Tanganyika.
  • bustle/ˈbʌsəl/verbB2+2 meaningsTo move about busily and noisily.
  • buttock/ˈbʌtək/nounB2+One of the two fleshy parts you sit on.
  • byproductnounB2+Something produced incidentally while making something else.
  • bystander/ˈbaɪˌstænd.ə(ɹ)/nounB2+A person present at an event without taking part.