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a special club for boys, which does a lot of activities with them and teaches them useful skills ►Boy Scout noun [ count ]

a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts

bra / bra / noun [ count ] ( plural bras ) a thing that a woman wears under her other clothes to cover and support the soft round parts at the front of her body (her breasts )

brace • let / breislat / noun [ count ]

a pretty piece of metal, wood, or plastic that you wear around your arm —Look at the picture at jewelry .

brac • es / breisaz / noun [ plural ]

( health ) wires that children wear on their teeth to make

them grow straight

My dentist told me I need braces.

brack • et / brrekat / noun [ count ]

( english language arts ) one of the two marks, [ ], that you put around extra information in a text

—Look at parentheses .

a particular range of ages, prices, pay, etc.

the 18-24 age bracket (= people aged between 18 and 24 ) to be in a high income bracket

brag / brreg / verb ( brags , brag . ging , bragged )

to talk in a way that shows you are too proud of something that you have or something that you can do She's always bragging about how smart she is.

—SYNONYM boast

braid / breid / noun [count]

a long piece of hair that someone has divided into three parts and put over and under each other She wears her hair in braids .

—Look at the picture at hair .

► braid verb ( braids , braid • ing , braid ed )

She braided her hair.

Braille / breil / noun [noncount]

a system of printing using little round marks that you can read by touching them. It is used by people who are not able to see ( blind people).

brain Ф / brein / noun

[ count ] the part inside the head of a person or an animal that thinks and feels

The brain controls the rest of the body.

—Look at the picture at body .

[ count, noncount ] the ability to think clearly; being intelligent

He doesn't have the brains to be a doctor.

brain • storm / breinstorm / verb ( brain • storms , brain • storm • ing , brain • stormed )

to try to think of as many ideas as possible in a short time Let's brainstorm some new ways to raise money.

brain • wash / ' breinwaj ; ' breinwoj / verb ( brain • wash • es, brain • wash ing , brain • washed )

to make someone believe something by using strong mental pressure

They were brainwashed into giving away all their money.

brain • y / breini / adjective ( brain • i • er , brain i est )

( informal ) intelligent

Laura's even brainier than her sister. —SYNONYM smart

brake1 / breik / noun [ count ]

the part of a vehicle that you use to make it go slower or stop

I put my foot on the brake. — Look at the picture at steering wheel .

brake 2 / breik / verb ( brakes , brak • ing , braked ) to use a brake

A dog ran into the road and the driver braked suddenly.

bran / bran / noun [ noncount]

the brown covering of grain that is left when the grain is made into flour bran muffins

branch 1 Ф / braentj/ noun [ count ] ( plural branch • es )

( biology ) one of the parts of a tree that grow out from the thick main part (called the trunk )

—Look at the picture at tree .

( business ) an office or a store that is part of a big company

This bank has branches all over the country.

one part of an academic subject or area of study Psychiatry is a branch of medicine.

branch 2 / brant/ / verb ( branch • es , branch • ing , branched )

branch out to start doing something new and different He started as a clothing designer, then branched out into furniture.

brand / brand / noun [ count ]