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bra.

An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɹɑː/[bɹɐ̞]/bɹæ/
  1. An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts.

Where this word comes from

Clipping of brassiere, borrowed from French brassière, from Old French braciere (originally a lining inside armor to protect the arm, but later a garment), from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, plural of Latin bracchium (“forearm”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “forearm”), from Proto-Hellenic *brəkʰús (“short”) (because the forearm is shorter than the upper arm), inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus.

noun/bɹɑː/[bɹɐ̞]/bɹæ/
  1. One of the two vectors in the standard notation for describing quantum states in quantum mechanics, the row vector; the other (column) vector being its complex conjugate, the ket.

Where this word comes from

From bracket, referring to the notation introduced in 1939 by Paul Dirac.

noun/bɹɑː/[bɹɐ̞]/bɹæ/
  1. Alternative form of bro; friend, mate

    alt-of · alternative · slang
    Take it easy, bra!
Where this word comes from

Representing a different pronunciation of bro (“brother”).

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