- husks of cereal grain separated from the flour by sifting
- food prepared from these husks
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
bran /bræn/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Nutrition, Foodthe flakes that are left when grain is ground up.
bran
(bran),USA pronunciation n., v., branned, bran•ning.
n.
v.t.
bran′ner, n.
Bran (bran),USA pronunciation n.
n.
- Nutritionthe partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
v.t.
- to soak or boil in bran water, as in the tanning of hides.
- Anglo-French, Old French bran, bren, of uncertain origin, originally
- Middle English 1250–1300
Bran (bran),USA pronunciation n.
- Mythology[Welsh Legend.]a king of Britain and the brother of Manawydan and Branwen: his head was buried at London as a magical defense against invasion. He was sometimes regarded as a sea god or Christian saint.
- a male given name, form of Brandon.
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bran /bræn/ n
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- shorts
- white flour
- apple brandy
- branchial arch
- branchial cleft
- branchial groove
- branchial pouch
- Brandenburg
- brandish
- brandreth
- brandy alexander
- brandy mint
- brandy snifter
- branle
- branny
- Branwen
- break
- drench
- furfur
- furfural
- hominy
- libra
- Manawydan
- middling
- North Branford
- pantothenic acid
- peach brandy
- pityroid
- pizza
- unpolished rice
- vitamin K
- whole-grain
- slop
- sowens