branch
noun
1. a division of some larger or more complex organization
- a branch of Congress
- botany is a branch of biology
- the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages
Similar word(s): arm, subdivision
Definition categories: group, division
2. a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
Definition categories: plant, stalk, stem
3. a part of a forked or branching shape
- he broke off one of the branches
Similar word(s): leg, ramification
Definition categories: shape, subfigure
4. a natural consequence of development
Similar word(s): offset, offshoot, outgrowth
Definition categories: phenomenon, consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot
5. a stream or river connected to a larger one
Definition categories: object, stream, watercourse
6. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- a branch of the sewer
Definition categories: man–made, projection
Sentences with branch as a noun:
- the branch of an antler, a chandelier, or a railway
- the branches of a hyperbola
- Our main branch is downtown, and we have branches in all major suburbs.
- the English branch of a family