Definition of BRAWN

brawn

Plural: brawns

Noun

  • Muscular strength or physical power; well-developed muscles.
  • possessing muscular strength
  • Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
  • Physical strength; muscularity.
  • Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.
  • A boar.

Verb

  • Make fat, especially of a boar.
  • Become fat, especially of a boar.

Examples

  • It takes mental BRAWN to master the vocabulary for Scrabble bingos.
  • The builders at the site had more brawn than brain.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English brawne, from Old French braon (“slice of meat, fleshy part, buttock”), from Frankish *brādon, *brādan, accusative form of *brādō (“roasted meat, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *brēdô (“meat, roast”), of uncertain further origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“to burn, heat”).
Akin to Old High German brāto (“tender meat”) (German Braten (“roast”)), Old English brǣde, brǣd (“flesh, meat”), Old Norse bráð (“raw meat”).

Scrabble Score: 10

brawn: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
brawn: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
brawn: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

brawn: valid Words With Friends Word