branch

[branch, brahnch] / bræntʃ, brɑntʃ /

NOUN

department

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arm bureau chapter division member office section subsidiary wing

STRONG

annex category classification connection dependency derivative extension local outpost part portion subdivision subsection tributary

Antonyms

STRONGEST

whole

WEAK

company

NOUN

arm, limb

Synonyms

STRONGEST

wing

STRONG

bough branchlet bug detour divergence extension fork growth offshoot prong scion shoot spray sprig

Antonyms

STRONG

decrease reduction source

WEAK

company

Example Sentences

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A branch of Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attacks and called for the withdrawal of Spanish forces from Iraq.

From Barron's

Hidden in the branches, looking down at the water.

From Literature

People tied their prayers to the branches: a piece of tattered skirt, the edge of a collar.

From Literature

The framers divided foreign-policy power between the political branches for a reason.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Some of the branches are cut to make it grow more efficiently."

From BBC