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branchwork

branchwork noun: collectively, the branches of a tree.

Noun

branchwork (countable and uncountable, plural branchworks)

  1. (archaic) Collectively, the branches of a tree.
    • and whose exquisite whiteness was not a little set off by a sprout of black curling hair round the root, through the jetty sprigs of which the fair skin shew'd as in a fine evening you may have remark'd the clear light ether throught the branchwork of distant trees over-topping the summit of a hill.1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC
  2. Any design or pattern resembling branches.
    • Thus, from what has been stated, we see that neither the white puncta nor the minute white branchwork of lines were ever tubular.1861, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany, and Geology

Forms of branchwork

pluralbranchworks

Origin of branchwork

From branch + work.

Questions about branchwork

What does branchwork mean?
Branchwork means collectively, the branches of a tree.
What part of speech is branchwork?
Branchwork is a noun.
What is the plural of branchwork?
The plural of branchwork is branchworks.

Words near branchwork in the dictionary

  1. branchways
  2. branchwidth
  3. branchwidths
  4. branchwise
  5. branchwood
  6. branchwork
  7. branchworks
  8. branchy
  9. Branco
  10. brancoceratid
  11. brancoceratids

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