bran
noun
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
brans
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pluralof bran.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Procter & Gamble said its earnings were affected by its stepped up investments in marketing, and divestitures of some smaller brans.
From US News ● Aug. 2, 2016
Two half-quartern brans; pound of best fresh; piece of double Glo'ster; and, to wind up all, some of the richest sort you ever lushed!'
From Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
