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Bramley.

A cultivar of apple, used especially as a cooking apple.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbɹæmli/
  1. A cultivar of apple, used especially as a cooking apple.

    Bramleys are a good choice when making pies.
Where this word comes from

Named after butcher Matthew Bramley, who owned the tree from which cuttings were taken in the mid-1800s.

name/ˈbɹæmli/
  1. Any of several places in England: A village in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4079).

  2. Any of several places in England: A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6559).

  3. Any of several places in England: A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4892).

  4. Any of several places in England: A village and civil parish in Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0144).

  5. Any of several places in England: A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2434).

  6. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.

  7. A small townsite in the South West Region of Western Australia.

  8. A habitational surname from Old English.

Where this word comes from

From Old English brom (“broom”) + leah (“wood clearing, meadow”), like Bromley. Equivalent to broom + -ley (“lea”).

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