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Another word for branch

NOUN

  1. Something resembling or structurally analogous to a tree branch

    See also:

    part

  2. An area of academic study that is part of a larger body of learning

    See also:

    part

  3. A local unit of a business or an auxiliary controlled by such a business

    See also:

    part

  4. A component of government that performs a given function

    See also:

    part

  5. A part of a family, tribe, or other group, or of such a group's language, that is believed to stem from a common ancestor

    See also:

    part

  6. A small stream

    See also:

    dry

VERB

  1. To separate into branches or branchlike parts.

    See also:

    part

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for branch

NOUN

  1. A part, usually of secondary importance

    See also:

    division

  2. A secondary shoot

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Sentence Examples

  • I've been studying culinary arts for a few years and recently decided to branch out on my own.

  • It's the closest city with a World Wide branch to Parkside.

  • The snap of a branch pulled her from her misery.

  • The snap of a branch pulled her from her misery.

  • He'd extended an olive branch and come back empty-handed.

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