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

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  • brand/ˈbɹænd/nounB13 meaningsThe name and identity a company gives its products.
  • brash/ˈbɹæʃ/adjectiveC1Loud and confident in a way that grates.
  • brass/bɹɑːs/nounB13 meaningsA bright yellow metal made from copper and zinc.
  • brasserienounC1An informal restaurant serving simple food all day.
  • bravado/bɹɑˈvɑdoʊ/nounC1A show of courage put on to impress.
  • brawn/bɹɔːn/
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Physical strength as opposed to cleverness.
  • brawny/bɹɔːni/adjectiveC1Physically strong and muscular.
  • bray/bɹeɪ/verbC12 meaningsTo make the loud harsh cry of a donkey.
  • brazen/ˈbɹeɪ̯zən/adjectiveC1Bold and shameless.
  • brazier/ˈbɹeɪʒəɹ/nounC1A metal basket for holding burning coals.
  • breach/ˈbɹiːt͡ʃ/verbB23 meaningsTo break the terms of an agreement or rule.
  • break evenphraseC1To end with exactly as much as you started with.
  • break the mouldphraseC1To do something in a completely new way.
  • break-evennounC1The point where money in exactly matches money out.
  • breakaway/ˈbɹeɪkəweɪ/nounB2+2 meaningsA small group that pulls clear of the bunch.
  • breakdown/ˈbɹeɪkdaʊn/nounC14 meaningsA failure that stops a vehicle or machine working.
  • breakpointnounC1A marker that pauses a program so you can look inside.
  • breakthrough/ˈbɹeɪk.θɹuː/nounC12 meaningsA sudden great discovery that changes what follows.
  • breakwater/ˈbɹeɪkˌwɔːtə/nounC1A barrier built to break the force of the waves.
  • breath/bɹɛθ/nounA22 meaningsThe air that goes in and out of your body.
  • breeches/ˈbɹiː.t͡ʃɪz/nounC1Trousers reaching just below the knee.
  • breeze/bɹiːz/nounA2+3 meaningsA light, gentle wind.
  • breezy/ˈbɹiːzi/adjectiveB22 meaningsPleasantly windy.
  • brethren/ˈbɹɛðɹən/nounC1Fellow members of a religious or close community.
  • briar/bɹaɪə/nounC1A prickly wild shrub, especially a wild rose.
  • bribery/ˈbɹaɪbəɹi/nounC1Paying somebody secretly to abuse their position.
  • bric-a-brac/ˈbɹɪkəbɹæk/nounC1Small ornaments of little individual value.
  • bridge the gapphraseC1To reduce a difference between two things.
  • bridle/ˈbɹaɪdəl/nounB2+2 meaningsThe straps and bit by which a horse is guided.
  • bridle pathnounC1A track meant for riders rather than vehicles.
  • brigade/bɹɪˈɡeɪd/nounB22 meaningsA large military unit made up of several battalions.
  • brigadier/bɹɪɡəˈdɪɚ/nounC1An officer ranking just above a colonel.
  • brilliant cutnounC1A style of cutting that throws back the most light.
  • brim/bɹɪm/nounC22 meaningsThe projecting edge of a hat, or the top rim of a cup.
  • brine/ˈbɹaɪ̯n/nounC1Very salty water used for pickling and preserving.
  • brined/bɹaɪnd/adjectiveC1Soaked in strong salt water.
  • bring/ˈbɹɪŋ/verbA14 meaningsTo carry or lead someone or something to the place where you are going.
  • bristle/ˈbɹɪsəl/verbC12 meaningsTo stiffen with anger.
  • bristly/ˈbɹɪsli/adjectiveC1Covered in short stiff hairs.
  • brittle/ˈbɹɪtəl/adjectiveB22 meaningsHard but snapping easily.
  • broach/bɹəʊtʃ/verbC12 meaningsTo raise a subject for the first time.
  • broadband/ˈbɹɔːdbænd/nounC1A fast connection that carries a great deal of data.
  • broadsheetnounC1A large serious newspaper.
  • broken/ˈbɹəʊ.kn̩/adjectiveA24 meaningsIn pieces, or damaged so it does not work.
  • broker/ˈbɹəʊkə/nounB22 meaningsA person who arranges deals for others.
  • brokerage/ˈbɹəʊkəɹɪd͡ʒ/nounC1A firm that buys and sells on behalf of clients.
  • bronco/ˈbɹɑŋkoʊ/nounC1A wild or half-broken horse of the American West.
  • brood/bɹuːd/nounC14 meaningsAll the young birds hatched from one set of eggs at the same time.
  • brooding/ˈbɹuːdɪŋ/adjectiveC1Heavy with dark unspoken thought.
  • brotherhood/ˈbɹʌðɚˌhʊd/nounB1+2 meaningsThe bond between brothers or people sharing a cause.
  • browse/bɹaʊz/verbB2+3 meaningsTo look through goods, pages or files with no fixed goal.
  • browser/ˈbɹaʊ.zə/nounC1The program you open the internet with.
  • bruneinounC1Tiny oil-rich sultanate on the island of Borneo.
  • brute/bɹuːt/nounB22 meaningsA cruel and violent person or animal.
  • brute force/bɹuːt ˈfɔːs/nounC1Raw strength used instead of skill.
  • brutish/ˈbɹuːt.ɪʃ/adjectiveC1Crude, violent and unthinking.
  • bubble/ˈbʌbəl/nounB12 meaningsA thin sphere of liquid enclosing air.
  • bubbly/ˈbʌbli/adjectiveC1Full of bubbles, or lively and cheerful.
  • buck/ˈbʌk/verbB23 meaningsOf a horse, to leap with the back arched and hind legs kicking.
  • budding/ˈbʌdiŋ/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsJust beginning to develop.