Bran

  • 31BRAN — s. m. Matière fécale. Il est bas.  Bran de son, Partie du son la plus grossière. Bran de scie, Poudre qui tombe du bois lorsqu on le scie. Ces locutions ont vieilli. BRAN, est également un terme bas qui sert à marquer du mépris pour quelqu un,… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 32Bran — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Bran Bran (Charente Maritime), commune française Bran (Roumanie), ville de Roumanie Château de Bran, situé dans la ville précédente, il aurait été celui… …

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  • 33Bran — Original name in latin Bran Name in other language Bran, Bran Poarta, Bran Poart Slottet Bran, Toercsvar, Torzburg, Trcsvr, Trzburg State code RO Continent/City Europe/Bucharest longitude 45.51667 latitude 25.35 altitude 1017 Population 5177 Date …

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  • 34bran — [13] English borrowed bran from Old French bran, but its ultimate source is unclear. Modern French bran means ‘excrement’, and if this had always been a part of the word’s makeup it might have been possible to suggest a Celtic origin, perhaps a… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 35bran — [13] English borrowed bran from Old French bran, but its ultimate source is unclear. Modern French bran means ‘excrement’, and if this had always been a part of the word’s makeup it might have been possible to suggest a Celtic origin, perhaps a… …

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  • 36bran — A by product of the milling of wheat, containing approximately 20% of indigestible cellulose; a bulk cathartic, usually taken in the form of cereal or special b. products. * * * bran bran n the edible broken seed coats of cereal grain separated… …

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  • 37bran — [[t]bræ̱n[/t]] N UNCOUNT Bran is the outer skin of grain that is left when the grain has been used to make flour. ...oat bran... Fresh fruits and vegetables are important and so is bran …

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  • 38bran — noun Bran is used before these nouns: ↑cereal Bran is used after these nouns: ↑wheat …

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  • 39Brân —    Hypocoristic form of Bendigeidfran. In Celtic myth he was the son of Llyr by Iweridd and was the brother of Branwen. After his sister had married Matholwch, the King of Ireland, her husband’s continued ill treatment of her forced Brân to… …

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  • 40bran — /bræn / (say bran) noun 1. the ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour or meal by bolting. 2. by products of grain processing used as feed: *down past the chaff and grain store where I was sometimes sent to buy bran and pollard… …