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

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  • brightness/ˈbɹaɪtnəs/nounB1+How light or dark the whole image is.
  • brilliance/ˈbɹɪljən(t)s/nounB2+2 meaningsVery great brightness.
  • brilliant/ˈbɹɪl.jənt/adjectiveA23 meaningsExtremely clever.
  • 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/
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Sulphur, especially in religious language.
  • brindleadjectiveC2Brown with streaks of another colour.
  • 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.
  • bring aboutphraseB2To make something happen.
  • bring back/ˈbɹɪŋ bæk/phraseB1To return with something; also, to make old memories return.
  • bring outphraseB2To release something to the public, or to make a quality show.
  • bring togetherphraseB2To make people meet or work as one.
  • bring upphraseB22 meaningsTo care for and educate a child until adulthood.
  • 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.
  • brisk/bɹɪsk/adjectiveB22 meaningsQuick and energetic.
  • bristle/ˈbɹɪsəl/verbC12 meaningsTo stiffen with anger.
  • bristly/ˈbɹɪsli/adjectiveC1Covered in short stiff hairs.
  • britainnounA2+The island country of England, Scotland and Wales.
  • britishadjectiveA2+Belonging to the United Kingdom or its people.
  • brittle/ˈbɹɪtəl/adjectiveB22 meaningsHard but snapping easily.
  • broach/bɹəʊtʃ/verbC12 meaningsTo raise a subject for the first time.
  • broad-mindedadjectiveB2Willing to accept ways of living unlike your own.
  • 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.
  • broaden[ˈbɹɔː.dn̩]verbB2To make or become wider or more far-reaching.
  • 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.
  • broil/bɹɔɪl/verbB2+To cook by direct heat, or to be uncomfortably hot.
  • broken/ˈbɹəʊ.kn̩/adjectiveA24 meaningsIn pieces, or damaged so it does not work.
  • broken-downadjectiveB2No longer working and in poor repair.
  • 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.
  • brooding/ˈbɹuːdɪŋ/adjectiveC1Heavy with dark unspoken thought.
  • 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.