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单词 branch
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branchnoun [ C ]

uk/brɑːntʃ/us/bræntʃ/

branch noun [ C ] (PART)

B2 a part of something larger:

Immunology is a branch of biological science.
One branch of their family (= one group of relatives) emigrated to Brazil.
In the US, the president is part of the executive branch of the government.

B1 one of the offices or groups that form part of a large business organization:

I used to work in the local branch of a large bank.
She's a branch manager.
Take the forms into your local branch office.

More examples

  • The bank has three branches in Norwich, and over three hundred countrywide.
  • Police officers from the organized crime branch have raided solicitors' offices in central London.
  • The customer has only to bring the goods in to any branch and an immediate, no-questions-asked refund or replacement will be provided.
  • To contact our Australian branch, email us at info@cambridge.edu.au.
  • The company has announced the closure of several of its rural branches.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Words meaning parts of things

  • back end
  • bifurcation
  • body
  • cartridge
  • chunk
  • compartment
  • element
  • item
  • module
  • neck
  • piece
  • section
  • segment
  • segmental
  • side
  • snatch
  • spare
  • sub
  • subsection
  • third

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Office practices

branch noun [ C ] (TREE PART)

B1 one of the parts of a tree that grows out from the main trunk and has leaves, flowers, or fruit on it:

bare/leafy/flowering branches
The fruit on the lower branches was protected from the sun.
Watch out for overhanging branches.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Parts of plants

  • aerial root
  • bud
  • cambium
  • cane
  • corm
  • cotyledon
  • fig leaf
  • frond
  • lamina
  • leafless
  • lily pad
  • meristem
  • micropyle
  • nectary
  • needle
  • rootstock
  • testa
  • the treetops
  • trunk
  • twig

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branch noun [ C ] (RIVER/ROAD)

a part of a river or road that leaves the main part:

This branch of the river eventually empties into the Atlantic.

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Parts of watercourses

  • artesian well
  • basin
  • confluence
  • delta
  • drainage basin
  • estuary
  • firth
  • geyser
  • head
  • lock
  • lock-keeper
  • meander
  • midstream
  • mooring
  • reach
  • spring
  • towpath
  • tributary
  • water table
  • weir

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branch noun [ C ] (BLOOD VESSEL)

specialized medical a smaller blood vessel or nerve that grows out of the main part

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Substances & structures in the body

  • abductor
  • accessorius
  • adductor
  • agonist
  • amyloid
  • atheroma
  • caecum
  • grey matter
  • gyrus
  • hallucis
  • hilum
  • hilus
  • lymph vessel
  • peptic
  • periosteum
  • peritoneal
  • peritoneum
  • phosphatase
  • vitreous humour
  • xiphoid

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branchverb [ I ]

uk/brɑːntʃ/us/bræntʃ/

branch verb [ I ] (TREE)

to produce branches:

The top of the tree had been cut off to encourage it to branch (out) lower down.

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Separating and dividing

  • atomize
  • bifurcate
  • bifurcation
  • bisect
  • borderline
  • breakdown
  • disestablish
  • dismember
  • dissociate
  • dissociate yourself from sth
  • disunite
  • divide
  • drift
  • pull sth/sb apart
  • quarter
  • ravel
  • resolve
  • resolve sth into sth
  • rive
  • tear 1

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branch verb [ I ] (SPLIT)

to divide into two:

The road branches at the bottom of the hill.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Separating and dividing

  • atomize
  • bifurcate
  • bifurcation
  • bisect
  • borderline
  • breakdown
  • disestablish
  • dismember
  • dissociate
  • dissociate yourself from sth
  • disunite
  • divide
  • drift
  • pull sth/sb apart
  • quarter
  • ravel
  • resolve
  • resolve sth into sth
  • rive
  • tear 1

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Phrasal verb(s)

branch off
branch off sth
branch out
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