Meaning of BRAN
| Pronunciation: | | bran
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- [n] food prepared from the husks of cereal grains
- [n] broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting
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BRAN is a 4 letter word that starts with B. |
| | See Also: | | bran, bran, chaff, husk, roughage, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bran\, n. [OE. bren, bran, OF. bren, F. bran, from Celtic;
cf. Armor. brenn, Ir. bran, bran, chaff.]
1. The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal
grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or
bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The European carrion crow.
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| | Related Terms: | | air pollution, attritus, bark, barley, bird seed, capsule, case, cat food, chaff, chicken feed, chop, corn, corn shuck, cornhusk, cosmic dust, crumb, crumble, dog food, dust, dust ball, eatage, efflorescence, ensilage, fallout, farina, feed, filings, flour, fodder, forage, grain, grits, groats, hay, hull, husk, jacket, kittens, lint, mash, meal, oats, palea, pasturage, pasture, peel, pet food, pod, powder, provender, pussies, raspings, rind, sawdust, scratch, scratch feed, shell, shuck, silage, skin, slops, smut, soot, straw, swill, wheat |
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