bride
Plural: brides
Noun
- A woman on her wedding day or just before and after.
- a woman who has recently been married
- Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)
- a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony
- A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
- An object ardently loved.
- an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework
Verb
- to make a bride of
Examples
- The word BRIDE was waiting on the board for a G, R, O, O, M.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English bride, from Old English brȳd (“bride”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bräid (“bride”), West Frisian breid (“bride”), German Low German Bruut (“bride”), Dutch bruid (“bride”), German Braut (“bride”), Danish brud (“bride”), Swedish brud (“bride”).
Synonyms
Bridget, Brigid, Saint Bride, Saint Bridget, Saint Brigid, St. Bride, St. Bridget, St. Brigid
Scrabble Score: 8
bride: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbride: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bride: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary