noun / verb
branch
BRANCH/bræntʃ/
A limb extending from a larger trunk or main body.
A low branch stretches from the tree trunk over the garden path.
Etymology
Latin branca meant a footprint and later a claw or paw. The proposed connection to a tree limb is shape: a branching form could resemble a spreading paw or its print.
In context
you can see how the branch is coming out of that tree trunk and there is quite the projection of it
More examples
- The bank opens a new branch downtown.
- The road branches into two narrow lanes.
- She studies a branch of mathematics that examines shapes.
- The developer tests the change on a separate branch.
Forms
branch · branches · branched · branching
Similar words
- division
- A division is a separated part; branch suggests a part extending from or connected to a larger whole.