Used in a sentence: I watched my cat climb the branches of the oak tree.

Branch also refers to similar offshoots from objects that aren’t trees.\n

Used in a sentence: The rope got tangled in the branches of the buck’s antlers.

In a more figurative sense, branch is used to mean a division of a main group or organization.\n

Real-life examples: The Army, Navy, and Air Force are three major branches of the United States military. Botany, zoology, and microbiology are three major branches of biology.
Used in a sentence: We learned in history class that the government is divided into three branches: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial.

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