Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disbranch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-branch
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove a branch or branches.

Transitive verb

verb

To tear away; to break off.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove. Mr. Evelyn says, he has removed them twice as big as a man's waist ; but then they were totally disbranched, the top being left only intire […]"
"You have to disbud and disbranch your plants to get one bloom that is anywhere close to perfection."
"She that herself will sliver and disbranch From her material sap, perforce must wither, And come to deadly use."

Etymology

From dis- + branch.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dis

Usage

Inflected Forms

disbranches (present, singular) disbranching (participle, present) disbranched (participle, past) disbranched (past)

Questions

What does disbranch mean?: To remove a branch or branches.
Where does disbranch come from?: From dis- + branch.

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