bree

brie

/ (briː) /

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noun

Scot broth, stock, or juice

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Word Origin for bree

Old English brīg, variant of brīw pottage; related to Old High German brīo soup, Old English brīwan to cook, Middle Irish brēo flame

Words nearby bree

Breda's disease, brede, bredie, bred-in-the-bone, bredren, bree, breech, breech baby, breech birth, breechblock, breechcloth

British Dictionary definitions for bree (2 of 2)

bree²

/ (briː) /

noun

a Scot word for brunt

Word Origin for bree

C19: perhaps from earlier bree brow

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How to use bree in a sentence

Bree cautions us against thinking about any of the characters singly.
Albert Camus, Our Existential Epidemiologist|Malcolm Jones|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I learned a lot about myself, which really helps you be more secure with yourself,” Bree told The Daily Beast.
‘Generation Cryo,’ MTV’s New Show About Sperm Donor Babies Finding (Half) Siblings|Marlow Stern|November 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Unlike Bree, Jonah and Hilit have virtually no interest in meeting their “donor”—they prefer this term to “biological father.”
‘Generation Cryo,’ MTV’s New Show About Sperm Donor Babies Finding (Half) Siblings|Marlow Stern|November 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The show follows Breeanna—or Bree, for short—a 17-year-old native of Reno, Nevada.
‘Generation Cryo,’ MTV’s New Show About Sperm Donor Babies Finding (Half) Siblings|Marlow Stern|November 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST

As Bree is meticulously polishing her silver, she dissolves from control freak into grieving widow.
‘Desperate Housewives’: 12 Most-Memorable Moments|Maria Elena Fernandez|May 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Major Bree called that afternoon, and found Mrs. Tregonell alone in the drawing-room.
Mount Royal, Volume 2 of 3|Mary Elizabeth Braddon
It was she who gave her niece away, while Major Bree acted as best man for Leonard.
Mount Royal, Volume 2 of 3|Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Leonard and Major Bree had been talking local politics all the time, and both expressed themselves much gratified by the music.
Mount Royal, Volume 2 of 3|Mary Elizabeth Braddon
O, na—nae at a'—devil thank it; a gravesteen wad gie guid bree gin ye geed it plenty o' butter.
Scotch Wit and Humor|W. H. (Walter Henry) Howe
A gravesteen wad gie guid bree gin ye gied it plenty o' butter.' '
Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character|Edward Bannerman Ramsay