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

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  • bricklayernounB2+The worker who builds walls from bricks.
  • brickwork/ˈbɹɪk.wɝk/nounB2+The pattern in which bricks have been laid.
  • bride/bɹaɪd/nounB1The woman getting married on her wedding day.
  • bridge/bɹɪd͡ʒ/nounA25 meaningsA structure built over a river, valley or road so that people can cross it.
  • bridle/ˈbɹaɪdəl/nounB2+2 meaningsThe straps and bit by which a horse is guided.
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A track meant for riders rather than vehicles.
  • brie/bɹiː/nounB2+A soft French cheese with a white rind.
  • brief/ˈbɹiːf/verbB24 meaningsTo give someone the information they need before they act.
  • briefcase/ˈbɹiːfˌkeɪs/nounB1A flat rectangular case for carrying papers.
  • briefing/ˈbɹiː.fɪŋ/nounB2+A short meeting giving people the information they need.
  • brig/bɹɪɡ/nounC2The prison on board a ship.
  • brigade/bɹɪˈɡeɪd/nounB22 meaningsA large military unit made up of several battalions.
  • brigadier/bɹɪɡəˈdɪɚ/nounC1An officer ranking just above a colonel.
  • brigand/ˈbɹɪɡ.ənd/nounC2A robber who lives by raiding travellers.
  • brigantine/ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌtin/nounC2A two-masted sailing ship.
  • brightness/ˈbɹaɪtnəs/nounB1+How light or dark the whole image is.
  • brilliance/ˈbɹɪljən(t)s/nounB2+2 meaningsVery great brightness.
  • 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.
  • brimstone/ˈbɹɪmstəʊn/nounC2Sulphur, especially in religious language.
  • brine/ˈbɹaɪ̯n/nounC1Very salty water used for pickling and preserving.
  • brink/ˈbɹɪŋk/nounB22 meaningsThe edge of a steep drop, such as a cliff or a riverbank.
  • brinkmanship/ˈbɹɪŋk.mən.ʃɪp/nounC2Pushing a dangerous situation to the very edge.
  • britainnounA2+The island country of England, Scotland and Wales.
  • broadband/ˈbɹɔːdbænd/nounC1A fast connection that carries a great deal of data.
  • broadcast/ˈbɹɔːd(ˌ)kɑːst/verbB22 meaningsTo send a programme out to everyone at once.
  • broadcaster/ˈbɹɔdˌkæstɚ/nounB2+2 meaningsA person who presents programmes on air.
  • broadsheetnounC1A large serious newspaper.
  • brocade/bɹəˈkeɪd/nounC2A heavy fabric with a raised woven pattern.
  • broccoli/ˈbɹɒk.ə.li/nounB1A green vegetable with a dense flowering head.
  • brochure/ˈbɹəʊ.ʃə(ɹ)/nounB2A small illustrated booklet advertising something.
  • 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.
  • bronze/bɹɒnz/nounB14 meaningsA hard metal made by mixing copper with tin.
  • bronze agenounB2The age when people first mixed copper and tin for tools.
  • 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.
  • brood/bɹuːd/nounC14 meaningsAll the young birds hatched from one set of eggs at the same time.
  • brook/bɹʊk/nounB1+2 meaningsA small stream.
  • broom/bɹuːm/nounA2+A long-handled brush for sweeping floors.
  • broomstick/ˈbɹum.stɪk/nounB2The brush a witch is said to fly on.
  • broth/bɹɔθ/nounB2Thin clear soup made by simmering bones or vegetables.
  • brothel/ˈbɹɔθəl/nounB2+A house where prostitutes work.
  • brother/ˈbɹʌðə/nounA12 meaningsA boy or man with the same parents as you.
  • brother-in-law/ˈbɹʌðɚ ɪn ˌlɔ/nounB2Your partner's brother, or your sister's husband.
  • brotherhood/ˈbɹʌðɚˌhʊd/nounB1+2 meaningsThe bond between brothers or people sharing a cause.
  • brouhaha/ˈbɹuː.hɑː.hɑː/nounC2A noisy fuss over something.
  • brow/bɹaʊ/nounB22 meaningsThe forehead, or the area above the eyes.
  • brow shapingnounB2Trimming and plucking eyebrows into a line.
  • brown/ˈbɹaʊ̯n/nounA13 meaningsThe colour of coffee, wood and soil.
  • brownfieldnounC2Land once built on and now ready to be built on again.
  • brownie/ˈbɹaʊni/nounA2+2 meaningsA dense square of baked chocolate cake.
  • 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.
  • bruise/bɹuːz/nounB2A blue-purple mark left by a knock.
  • brunch/bɹʌnt͡ʃ/nounB1+A meal eaten between breakfast and lunch.
  • bruneinounC1Tiny oil-rich sultanate on the island of Borneo.
  • brunt/bɹʌnt/nounB2+The main force of a blow or an attack.
  • brute/bɹuːt/nounB22 meaningsA cruel and violent person or animal.