branch

About 30.79 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
2. noun Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

   the branch of an antler, a chandelier, or a railway

3. noun A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.

   branch water

4. noun One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.

   the branches of a hyperbola

5. noun A location of an organization with several locations.

   Our main branch is downtown, and we have branches in all major suburbs.

6. noun A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.

   the English branch of a family

7. noun A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
8. noun An area in business or of knowledge, research.

Similar words

offshoot outgrowth fork leg arm ramify subdivision offset separate twig

Often followed by

of and to in is offices office or was

Word family

branched branches branchier branchiest branching branchless branchy