Definition of branch

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• branch is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
• branch is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
• branch is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 15

Definition of branch

• a part of a forked or branching shape (noun)

  Examples

  1. he broke off one of the branches

  Synonyms

  1. leg
  2. ramification
• any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm (noun)

  Examples

  1. a branch of the sewer

  Synonyms

  1. arm
  2. limb
• grow and send out branches or branch-like structures (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. ramify
• a natural consequence of development (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. offset
  2. offshoot
  3. outgrowth
• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. fork
  2. furcate
  3. ramify
  4. separate
• a division of some larger or more complex organization (noun)

  Examples

  1. a branch of Congress
  2. botany is a branch of biology
  3. the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages

  Synonyms

  1. arm
  2. subdivision
• a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant (noun)
• a stream or river connected to a larger one (noun)

See definition of branch in Merriam Webster