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bran

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"Grain husk"

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4 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɹæn/Part of speech nounSorted abnrStarts with BEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Outer husk layer of cereal grain, often used in food.

Word origin

From Middle English bran, branne, bren, from Old French bren, bran (“bran, filth”), from Gaulish brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“rotten, foul”) (compare Welsh braen (“stench”), Irish bréan (“rancid”), Walloon brin (“excrement”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (compare Latin fragrāre (“to smell strongly”), Dutch brak (“hound”)).

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