bracenoun
uk/breɪs/us/breɪs/brace noun (SUPPORT)
[ C ] plural braces something that is used to support or connect things, or to make something stronger:
[ C ] UK US braces [ plural ] plural braces a set of connected wires that is attached to a person's teeth in order to make them straight:
UK US suspenders a pair of narrow straps that stretch from the front of the trousers over your shoulders to the back to hold them up:
US UK calipers metal supports that are fastened to the legs of people who have difficulties with walking
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Physical supports and supporting
- backbone
- bearing
- bolster
- bookend
- buoy
- burden
- buttress
- cantilever
- groan
- pile
- pillar
- rafter
- runner
- scaffold
- scaffolding
- shore
- shore sth up
- stem
- stilt
- underpin
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brace noun (PAIR)
[ C ] plural brace two things of the same type, especially two wild birds that have been killed for sport or food:
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Numbers: groups of things according to number
- baker's dozen
- companion
- couple
- dozen
- dyad
- gross
- pair
- score
- triad
- trinity
- trio
- twosome
braceverb [ T ]
uk/breɪs/us/breɪs/brace verb [ T ] (SUPPORT)
to support an object in order to stop it from falling down:
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Physical supports and supporting
- backbone
- bearing
- bolster
- bookend
- buoy
- burden
- buttress
- cantilever
- groan
- pile
- pillar
- rafter
- runner
- scaffold
- scaffolding
- shore
- shore sth up
- stem
- stilt
- underpin
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brace verb [ T ] (PREPARE)
to prepare yourself physically or mentally for something unpleasant:
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Preparing
- batten
- batten down the hatches idiom
- break sb in
- build-up
- calibrate
- draw
- gear
- gird
- gird yourself idiom
- groundwork
- homework
- lay the basis/foundations for sth idiom
- preparation
- roll
- set the scene/stage idiom
- steel
- suit
- suit up
- work (yourself) up to sth
- work your way around to sth idiom
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