branch, n.
(branches)
freq. cnt. 39
(branches)
freq. cnt. 39
a division of some larger or more complex organization
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 19 freq. cnt.: 1
arm branch subdivision
sample sentences
"a branch of Congress""botany is a branch of biology"
"the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages"
semantic pointers
hyponym
post office, local post office
executive branch, Executive Office of the President
legislative branch
judicial branch
hypernym
a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
<noun.plant> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 15
branch
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
part meronym
hyponym
a part of a forked or branching shape
<noun.shape> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1
branch leg ramification
sample sentences
"he broke off one of the branches"
semantic pointers
hypernym
part holonym
hyponym
any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
arm branch limb
sample sentences
"the arm of the record player""an arm of the sea"
"a branch of the sewer"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a stream or river connected to a larger one
<noun.object>
branch
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
hypernym
a natural consequence of development
<noun.phenomenon>
branch offset offshoot outgrowth
semantic pointers
hypernym