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brawn
[ brawn ]
noun
- strong, well-developed muscles.
- muscular strength.
Synonyms: sturdiness, robustness, brawniness, power, might, muscle
- Chiefly British.
- a boar's or swine's flesh, especially when boiled and pickled.
brawn
/ brɔːn /
noun
- strong well-developed muscles
- physical strength, esp as opposed to intelligence
- a seasoned jellied loaf made from the head and sometimes the feet of a pig or calf
Word History and Origins
Origin of brawn1
Word History and Origins
Origin of brawn1
Example Sentences
Rugby’s seven-a-side format is a dazzlingly fast, shorter form of the game—emphasizing speed, risk-taking, and agility over brawn.
Although getting windows unstuck may require skill and brawn, you should be able to fix those screens with less effort.
As governor of California, Schwarzenegger himself demonstrated the limits of American brawn.
Both films prized independence at their moral centers, and made brawn a virtue.
Founded in 1888 in Pittsburgh, Alcoa has long been a symbol of American industrial brawn.
This is the place where automakers show off brawn, power, and sex appeal.
He was built more like a bullock than a man, huge in bone and brawn, high in colour, and with a hand like a baby for size.
You are the brawn and the backbone of our free white Anglo-Saxon democracy, the flower of the world's peoples.
Boris went on cutting brawn upon a wooden platter with a swift and careful hand.
We used steam instead of the brawn of stalwart pioneers and Indians to propel the boat.
A pair of cold capons, a mortress of brawn, or what you will, with a flask or two of the right Gascony.
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