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How to pronounce branch in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms leg, ramification
Type of subfigure
Has types brachium, bifurcation, crotch, fork
Derivation branchy


he broke off one of the branches.
Type Words
Synonyms arm, limb
Type of projection


a branch of the sewer.
Type Words
Synonyms ramify
Type of grow
Verb group separate, ramify, furcate, fork
Type Words
Synonyms offset, offshoot, outgrowth
Type of effect, result, upshot, consequence, outcome, event, issue
Type Words
Synonyms fork, furcate, ramify, separate
Type of diverge
Has types arborize, bifurcate, arborise, trifurcate, twig
Verb group ramify
Type Words
Synonyms arm, subdivision
Type of division
Has types local post office, judicial branch, legislative branch, executive branch, post office, executive office of the president


a branch of Congress.
botany is a branch of biology.
the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages.
Type Words
Type of stalk, stem
Has types sprig, tree branch, limb, twig, branchlet, deadwood
Derivation branchy
Type Words
Type of watercourse, stream
Has types confluent, billabong, affluent, distributary, feeder, tributary

Examples of branch

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Syria has a Sunni majority ruled by minority Alawites, a branch of Shiite Islam.
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Then, Tacoma Public Library announced it is closing two of its branch libraries.
From the thenewstribune.com
Citi will also have to train branch staff to develop stronger ties to customers.
From the businessweek.com
Larry Werner, branch manager at the Garden Plain Coop, has run a harvest before.
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Over the years, Ernesto has tried to apply to every branch of the U.S. military.
From the suntimes.com
Then, the nine-branch bank purchased $826 million of mortgage-backed securities.
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In town, branch manager Calculus Siachono reports that Blue's business is brisk.
From the businessweek.com
They settled into life in an apartment over the Evanston Library's south branch.
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In most cases your first point of contact will be a call centre or local branch.
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More examples
  • A division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages"
  • Ramify: grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"
  • A division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
  • Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
  • A part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"
  • Outgrowth: a natural consequence of development
  • A branch (or) or tree branch (sometimes referred to in botany as a ramus) is a woody structural member connected to but not part of the central trunk of a tree (or sometimes a shrub). Large branches are known as boughs and small branches are known as twigs.
  • An academic discipline, or field of study, is a branch of knowledge that is taught and researched at the college or university level. ...
  • A branch, banking center or financial center is a retail location where a bank, credit union, or other financial institution (and by extension, brokerage firms) offers a wide array of face-to-face and automated services to its customers.