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brome

/bɹəʊm/

brome noun: any grass of the genus Bromus.

Noun (1)

brome (countable and uncountable, plural bromes)

  1. Any grass of the genus Bromus.
    Synonyms:
    bromegrass

Noun (2)

brome (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) bromine

Proper noun capitalized: Brome

Brome

  1. A surname.
  2. A village surrounded by the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
  3. A village in Brome and Oakley parish, Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1376).
  4. A municipality and Samtgemeinde in Gifhorn district, north of Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Synonyms of brome

Forms of brome

pluralbromes

Origin of brome

From the genus name, New Latin Bromus, from Ancient Greek βρόμος (brómos, “oat, wild oat”).

From French brome, coined from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”). Doublet of bromus.

Words formed from brome

Words that rhyme with brome

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Questions about brome

What does brome mean?
Brome means any grass of the genus Bromus.
What part of speech is brome?
Brome can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce brome?
Brome is pronounced /bɹəʊm/.
What is the plural of brome?
The plural of brome is bromes.

Words near brome in the dictionary

  1. Bromborough Pool
  2. bromchlorenone
  3. bromcresol
  4. bromcresol purple
  5. bromcresols
  6. brome
  7. Brome and Oakley
  8. Brome Lake
  9. Brome-Missisquoi
  10. bromegrass
  11. bromegrasses

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