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- brossard/ˈbrɒsɑːd/A proper noun referring to a city in Quebec, Canada, or a surname of French origin.nounVery Low
- broth/brɒθ/A liquid dish made by simmering meat, fish, or vegetables, often used as a base for soups, stews, or sauces.nounB1
- brothel/ˈbrɒθ.əl/A house or establishment where people pay to have sexual intercourse with prostitutes.nounC1/C2
- brother/ˈbrʌðə(r)/A male sibling; a boy or man who shares one or both parents with another person.interjectionnounA1
- brother jonathan/ˌbrʌðə ˈdʒɒnəθən/A personification of the United States or its people, particularly in the 18th and 19th centuries, analogous to Uncle Sam.nounRare/Historical
- brother of the christian schools/ˈbrʌð.ər əv ðə ˈkrɪs.tʃən ˈskuːlz/A member of a Catholic religious teaching order, also known as the De La Salle Brothers.nounLow (highly specific/technical)
- brother-in-law/ˈbrʌðər ɪn lɔː/A man who is the brother of one's spouse, or the husband of one's sibling.nounB1
- brotherhood/ˈbrʌðəhʊd/The relationship between brothers; a feeling of fellowship, support, and shared purpose among a group of people.nounB2
- brothers karamazov, the/ðə ˈbrʌðəz ˌkærəˈmæzɒf/The title of a classic novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, referring to the three brothers Dmitri, Ivan, and Alexei Karamazov.nounC1
- brotula/ˈbrɒtjʊlə/A bottom-dwelling marine fish of the family Ophidiidae, typically found in deep or tropical waters.nounVery Low
- brotusThe term 'brotus' is not a recognized word in standard English dictionaries or lexicographical sources.nounExtremely Low / Non-existent
- brougham/ˈbruːəm/A light, closed, four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a raised open driver's seat in front.nounVery Low
- brought/brɔːt/The past tense and past participle of 'bring', meaning to carry, lead, or cause something or someone to come to a place or into a particular state.verbA1
- broughta/ˈbrɔːt ə/A non-standard, dialectal variant or contraction of the phrase "brought a".nounVery Low
- brouhaha/ˈbruː.hɑː.hɑː/A noisy and overexcited reaction or response; a commotion or uproar, especially one caused by conflicting views.nounC1
- broun/braʊn/a color resembling that of wood, earth, or coffee; between orange and black.nounA1
- brouwer/ˈbraʊ.ə/A brewer, a person or company that brews beer.nounLow
- brouwer fixed-point theorem/ˈbraʊ.ər ˈfɪkst pɔɪnt ˈθɪərəm/A fundamental result in topology stating that any continuous function from a convex compact set in Euclidean space to itself has at least one point that maps to itself (a fixed point).nounVery low
- brow/braʊ/The forehead or the ridge of bone over the eye.nounC1
- brow antler/braʊ ˈæntlə/A tine or projection located on the upper front part of a deer's antler, above the brow line and typically just above the pedicle (base).nounLow (Specialist)
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