bra
/bɹɑː/
bra noun: an item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts. Also the alternative form of bro.
Noun (1)
bra (plural bras)
- An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts.
- Mary felt annoyed at the girl; just because bras had become passé, did a girl with so pronounced a bosom have to cater to fashion? In this case practicality dictated a bra, and Mary stood at the desk feeling herself flushing with disapproval.1964, Philip K. Dick, “FOUR”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 27
- Her housecoat had fallen open. She was wearing only panties and bra, which did nothing to make her scrawny, wrinkled body appealing.1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 12
Noun (2)
bra (plural bras)
- 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.
Proper noun capitalized: Bra
Bra
Also used as
bra is also the alternative form of bro.
bra meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
bra in Hindi
- brassiere
- ब्रेजिअर brejiar, ब्रेजियर brejiyar, ब्रा brā, अँगिया aṅgiyā
bra in Tamil
- brassiere
- மார்புக்கச்சை mārpukkaccai
bra in Marathi
- ब्रा, ब्रॅ
bra in Urdu
- brassiere
- بْرا brā, بْریجِئَر brejiar
More languagesFewer languages
- bra in Bengali
- বক্ষবন্ধনী bokkhobondhoni, কাচুলি kaculi, ব্রা bra
- bra in Telugu
- బ్రా brā
- bra in Malayalam
- ബ്രാ, ബ്ര
- bra in Kannada
- ಬ್ರಾ, ಬ್ರ, ಬ್ರಾವನ್ನು
- bra in Punjabi
- ਬ੍ਰਾ
- bra in Gujarati
- બ્રા
- bra in Odia
- ବ୍ରା, ବ୍ରା |
- bra in Sinhala
- තනපට tanapaṭa
- bra in Nepali
- ब्रा
- bra in Tagalog
- bra
- bra in Arabic
- حَمَّالَة صَدْر ḥammālat ṣadr, مِشَدّ صَدْر mišadd ṣadr
- bra in Malay
- bra, coli
- bra in Indonesian
- kutang, beha
- bra in Thai
- ยกทรง yók-song
- bra in Vietnamese
- xu-chiêng, xu chiêng, nịt vú
- bra in Myanmar
- ဘရာစီယာ bha.raciya
Examples of bra in a sentence
- If he pings my bra strap once more, I shall flatten him.
- Have you heard about girls padding out their bras to make their breasts look bigger?
- Crystal was shook when Mr. Wu discovered she was shopping online for panties and bras to pass the time in class.
Antonyms of bra
Forms of bra
| plural | bras |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | brassiere |
| alternative form (dated) | brassière |
Origin of bra
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.
From bracket, referring to the notation introduced in 1939 by Paul Dirac.
Representing a different pronunciation of bro (“brother”).
Words formed from bra
- balconette bra
- balcony bra
- bra burner
- bra-burning
- bra chain
- bra insert
- bra-ket
- braless
- bralette
- brami
- bullet bra
- cage bra
- cantilever bra
- car bra
- cold as a witch's tit in a brass bra
- demibra
- handbra
- jog bra
- jogging bra
- long-line bra
- maternity bra
- nursing bra
- peek-a-boo bra
- peekaboo bra
- plunge bra
- pocket bra
- push-up bra
- shelf bra
- sports bra
- starter bra
- trainer bra
- training bra
- T-shirt bra
- underwired bra
- Wonderbra
- eigenbra
Phrases with bra
Words that rhyme with bra
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- Moskva
- Nansha
- rah
- shikar
- ah
- aha
- alhamdulillah
- Amapá
- Benoit
- Bogotá
- fa
- galah
- goombah
- huzzah
- inshallah
- Jah
- la
- lah-di-dah
- ma
- moire
- mudra
- ménage à trois
- na
- omertà
- ooh la la
- pa
- schwa
- shah
- Shangri-La
- sis boom bah
- ta
- wah
- Xisha
- 'za
- allah
- ar
- arthra
- Aymara
- baa
- bah
- Bogota
- boyar
- cha
- cha cha cha
- chamar
- che sara sara
- chicken paw
- da
Questions about bra
- What does bra mean?
- Bra means an item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts.
- What is bra in Hindi?
- Bra in Hindi is ब्रेजिअर (brejiar), ब्रेजियर (brejiyar), ब्रा (brā). See Bra meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bra?
- Bra can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce bra?
- Bra is pronounced /bɹɑː/.
- What is the plural of bra?
- The plural of bra is bras.
Words near bra in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bra (page history and authors); Bra (page history and authors); bra (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bra (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bra (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bra (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bra (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bra (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bra (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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