Another word for branch
branch
n.
A part, usually of secondary importance
tributary, outpost, chapter, member, part, office, bureau, division, subdivision, section, derivative, dependency, subsidiary, affiliate, arm, wing, classification, department, category, ramification, local office, branch office, branch factory, etc.; see also division 2.
A secondary shoot
bough, limb, offshoot, sprig, twig, sucker, scion, bud, arm, fork, growth.
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Another word for branch
Something resembling or structurally analogous to a tree branch:
arm, fork, offshoot. See partAn area of academic study that is part of a larger body of learning:
discipline, specialty. See partA local unit of a business or an auxiliary controlled by such a business:
affiliate, division, subsidiary. See partA component of government that performs a given function:
agency, arm, department, division, organ, wing. See partA part of a family, tribe, or other group, or of such a group's language, that is believed to stem from a common ancestor:
division, offshoot, subdivision. See part- (Chiefly Regional)
A small stream:
brook1, creek. (Chiefly Regional) kill2, run. See dry
To separate into branches or branchlike parts.
Also used with out: bifurcate, diverge, divide, fork, ramify, subdivide. See part
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