Bran

Pronunciation

• RP: IPA: /ˈbɹæn/
• US: IPA: /ˈbɹɛən/
• Rhymes: -æn

Origin

From Old French bren, bran ("bran, filth"), from Gaulish brennos ("rotten"), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos ("rotten, faul") (compare Welsh braen ("stench"), Irish bréan ("rancid")), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (compare Latin fragrāre ("to smell strongly"), Dutch brak ("hound")).

Full definition of bran

Noun

1. The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
2. The European carrion crow.

Anagrams

• barn
• NRAB