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brenham
nounLow
/ˈbrɛn.həm/A city in Washington County, Texas, United States.
brennan
nounVery Low (as a common noun, it is not in general lexicons).
/ˈbɹɛnən/A surname of Irish origin.
brenner pass
nounC2
/ˈbrɛnə pɑːs/A mountain pass in the Alps forming a major transit route between Italy and Austria.
brent
nounLow
/brɛnt/A type of small, dark goose (Branta bernicla) found in coastal areas of Europe and North America.
brent goose
nounLow
/ˌbrent ˈɡuːs/A small, dark, migratory goose (Branta bernicla) found in coastal areas, with a black head, neck and upperparts, and a distinctive white patch on the flank.
brentano
nounVery Low
/brɛnˈtɑːnəʊ/A family name, most famously Franz Brentano (1838–1917), a German philosopher and psychologist influential in phenomenology and descriptive psychology.
brenton
nounVery Low
/ˈbrɛntən/A proper noun, primarily a given name or surname of English origin.
brentwood
nounLow
/ˈbrɛntwʊd/A toponym referring to a town or district in England, and several other places named after it, most notably a city in California.
bres
nounB1
/briːz/A gentle wind.
bresaola
nounLow frequency
/brɛˈzaʊlə/ or /brɛˈsaʊlə/An Italian air-dried, salted beef (or sometimes horse or venison) from the Lombardy region, aged for several months.
brescia
nounLow (C2/Proper Noun). It appears in specific contexts like geography, history, travel, and Italian culture.
/ˈbrɛʃə/A city and province in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.
breshkovsky
nounVery Low
/ˈbrɛʃkɒfski/A surname of Slavic (particularly Russian or Ukrainian) origin.
breslau
nounRare / C2
/ˈbɹɛzlaʊ/The historic English exonym for the city of Wrocław in Poland.
bresson
nounVery low
/ˈbrɛsɒ̃/A proper noun referring to the renowned French film director Robert Bresson (1901–1999), known for his ascetic, minimalist style.
brest
nounB2
/brɛst/The upper front part of the torso of humans and some animals; specifically, in humans, the two soft organs on a woman's chest that produce milk after childbirth.
brest litovsk
nounVery Low
/ˌbrɛst lɪˈtɒfsk/A city in southwestern Belarus, historically known by its Polish name.
bretagne
nounC1
/brəˈtæn/A historic region in northwest France, known as a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean.
bretelle
nounRare
/brəˈtɛl/A support band or strap, typically one of a pair crossing over the shoulders to hold up trousers or a skirt, also known as suspenders in US English; the strap used to hold up a woman's slip; also the straps crossing a soldier's chest to hold equipment; in motorway terminology, a slip road or connector.
brethren
plural-nounC2
/ˈbreðrən/Brothers; members of a group sharing a common faith, profession, or belief.
breton
adjectivenounLow
/ˈbrɛtɒn/Relating to Brittany, its people, or the Breton language.

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