brace

Pronunciation: /bɹeɪs/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a support that steadies or strengthens something else
  2. noun two items of the same kind
  3. noun a set of two similar things considered as a unit

Etymology

From Middle English brace, from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, the nominative and accusative plural of bracchium (“arm”).

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Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
support, strengthener
Narrower (hyponyms)
neck brace, back brace, knee brace, skeg, ankle brace

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