Bran

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  • noun. The outer layers of the grain of cereals such as wheat, removed during the process of milling and used as a source of dietary fiber.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The outer coat of wheat, rye, or other farinaceous grain; the husky portion of ground wheat, separated from the flour by bolting.
  • To steep in a bath of bran and water, as cloth before or after dyeing, or skins for tanning.
  • noun. A name of the common crow
  • A dialectal form of bren, burn.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
  • noun. The European carrion crow.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
  • noun. The European carrion crow.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. food prepared from the husks of cereal grains
  • noun. broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting
  • Word Usage
    "The history of the present raisin bran is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these Cereals."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    chaff  fiber  husk  roughage  shuck  
    Rhyme
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    An  Ann  Anne  Ariane  Bhutan  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    chaff  cornmeal  farina  flax  flour  
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