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- brewery/ˈbruː.ər.i/An establishment where beer is produced commercially.nounB2
- brewhouse/ˈbruːhaʊs/A building or establishment where beer is brewed.nounC1
- brewing/ˈbruː.ɪŋ/The process of making beer, ale, or other alcoholic drinks by steeping, boiling, and fermenting.nounB2
- brewis/bruːɪs/A type of traditional dish made by soaking or boiling bread, often with fat or broth.nounHistorical/Obsolete
- brewmaster/ˈbruːˌmɑːstə/A person, especially a man, who is skilled and experienced in brewing beer professionally.nounC2
- brewpub/ˈbruːpʌb/A pub or restaurant that brews its own beer on the premises and sells it directly to customers.nounC1
- brewski/ˈbruːski/A slang, informal, and often humorous term for a beer.nounLow
- brewster/ˈbruːstə/A surname historically referring to a person, usually a woman, who brews beer or ale professionally.nounLow
- brewster chair/ˈbruː.stə ˌtʃeə/A specific type of turned wooden armchair from colonial America, characterized by its turned spindles on the back and sides.nounC2
- brewster's law/ˈbruːstəz lɔː/A law of optics stating that the angle of incidence at which light with a particular polarization is perfectly transmitted through a transparent surface, with no reflection, is known as Brewster's angle.nounLow/Very Low
- brexit/ˈbrɛksɪt/The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, achieved in January 2020 after a 2016 referendum.nounMedium-High (peaked during 2016-2020, now a historical/political term)
- brey/breɪ/A rare, chiefly Scottish variant of 'bray', meaning to crush or pound something, especially with a mortar and pestle.verbVery low (obsolete/regional)
- breyer/ˈbreɪə/To crush, shatter, or smash violently; to break something into fragments.nounVery Low / Archaic / Dialectal
- brezhnev/ˈbrɛʒnɛf/Leonid Brezhnev, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982.nounLow
- brezhnev doctrine/ˈbrɛʒnɛf ˈdɒktrɪn/The Soviet foreign policy principle asserting the right to intervene militarily in any socialist country whose government was deemed to be threatened by counter-revolutionary forces, effectively limiting the sovereignty of Warsaw Pact nations.nounC1/C2 (Low frequency, specialized historical/political term)
- brian/ˈbrʌɪ.ən/A masculine given name of Celtic origin, meaning 'high' or 'noble'.nounHigh (as a personal name)
- brian boru/ˌbrʌɪən ˈbɔːruː/The name of a historical Irish High King who defeated Viking forces at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014.nounLow
- briand/briˈɒ̃/A variety of toasted sandwich, typically prepared with ham, cheese, and béchamel sauce, that is grilled or baked.nounVery Low
- briar/ˈbraɪə(r)/A type of prickly shrub or bush, especially of the genus Erica (heath) or Rosa (wild rose), often forming dense, tangled thickets.nounC1
- briard/ˈbriːɑːd/A large, powerful French breed of herding dog, originally used for guarding sheep, characterized by long, shaggy hair and a beard.nounC2
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