Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bran-new

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.30 in modern English

Syllables: bran-new
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Archaic form of brand new.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"But scorning rest, upon his reappearance, he instantly began again, though there were no dancers yet, as if the other fiddler had been carried home, exhausted, on a shutter, and he were a bran-new man resolved to beat him out of sight, or perish."
"We got an old tin lantern, and a butcher-knife without any handle, and a bran-new Barlow knife worth two bits in any store, […]"
"They were rabbits like himself, but quite furry and bran-new. They must have been very well made, for their seams didn't show at all, […]"

Usage

Archaic

Synonyms

brand-new spic-and-span spick-and-span

Questions

What does bran-new mean?: Archaic form of brand new.

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