noun · countable / uncountable · rare

brawn

brawn · brawns

м'яз, мускул, мускулатура

мышцы, мускулы, мускулистость

Muskelkraft, Sülze

Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumbStrong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.

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UK/bɹɔːn/US/bɹɔn/

» Tom is all brawn and no brain.

Meaning

4 senses

(countable, uncountable)Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
Muskelkraft
мускулыmuskuly, мышцыmyšcy
(countable, uncountable)Physical strength; muscularity.
The builders at the site had more brawn than brain.
мускулистостьmuskulistostʹ
possessing muscular strength
(UK, countable, uncountable)Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.
Sülze
(UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable)A boar.

Examples

5 sentences

Tom is all brawn and no brain.
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She provides the brains and he provides the brawn.
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What he lacks in brains, he makes up for in brawn.
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What's better, brains or brawn?
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Tom's perfect. He's got the brains and the brawn.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

strong muscles:

physical strength, muscularity:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

strong muscles:

terrine:

Origin

From Middle English brawne, from Old French braon (“slice of meat, fleshy part, buttock”),

From Middle English brawne, from Old French braon (“slice of meat, fleshy part, buttock”), from Frankish *brādon, *brādan, oblique forms of *brādō (“roasted meat, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *brēdô (“meat, roast”), of uncertain further origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“to burn, heat”).

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