bran
The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the…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.
» Remember to eat lots of bran.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Kleie
о́трубиótrubi, вы́севкиvýsevki
ви́сівкиvýsivky
broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting
The European carrion crow.
Examples
5 sentencesRemember to eat lots of bran.
I can't eat bran cereal without fruit.
Remember to eat lots of bran to keep your bowels moving.
The machine is used to remove the husk and bran layers to produce a white kernel that is free of impurities.
The Bran Castle, situated in Transylvania, is also know as Dracula's castle.
deDas in Siebenbürgen gelegene Schloss Bran ist auch als das Draculaschloss bekannt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English bran, branne, bren, from Old French bren, bran (“bran, filth”), from GFrom Middle English bran, branne, bren, from Old French bren, bran (“bran, filth”), from Gaulish brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“rotten, foul”) (compare Welsh braen (“stench”), Irish bréan (“rancid”), Walloon brin (“excrement”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (compare Latin fragrāre (“to smell strongly”), Dutch brak (“hound”)).
From a Celtic source; compare Welsh brân and Cornish bran.
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Forms
plural: bransWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable