brawn
Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumbStrong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
» Tom is all brawn and no brain.
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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 sentencesTom is all brawn and no brain.
She provides the brains and he provides the brawn.
What he lacks in brains, he makes up for in brawn.
What's better, brains or brawn?
Tom's perfect. He's got the brains and the brawn.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
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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Forms
plural: brawnsSynonyms
5 synonyms- possessing muscular strength:brawninessmusclemuscularitysinewheftiness
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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