embranchment

[ em-branch-muhnt, -brahnch- ]

noun

a branching or ramification.
a branch.

Origin of embranchment

1820–30; <French embranchement, equivalent to em-em-¹ + branchebranch + -ment-ment

Words Nearby embranchment

embrace
embracement
embraceor
embracery
embracive
embranchment
embrangle
embrasure
embrittle
embrittlement
embrocate

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British Dictionary definitions for embranchment

embranchment

/ (ɪmˈbrɑːntʃmənt) /

noun

the process of branching out, esp by a river
a branching out or ramification, as of a river or mountain range

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