bree

brie

/ (briː) /

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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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
But now, all poor Miss Bree's "best places" had slipped away from her, and her life had changed.
The Other Girls|Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
On the other hand, Mrs. Bree said "Bel hadn't got a mite of snap to her."
The Other Girls|Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
Everything stopped where it was with Miss Bree when the fire alarm sounded.
The Other Girls|Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
To-morrow kept coming, but Miss Bree kept on not getting any better.
The Other Girls|Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
Miss Bree breathed easier; but the bandage upon her head dried as though the flame had touched it.
The Other Girls|Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney

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