brand
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Synonyms: band, grand, rand, bland, braid, brank, brond, bran, brad, brane, brant
Antonyms: band, grand, rand, bland, braid, brank, brond, bran, brad, brane, brant
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Noun
- A [[mark]] or [[scar]] made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark [[cattle]] or to classify the contents of a [[cask]].
- A [[branding iron]].
- The [[symbolic]] [[identity]], represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.
- {{lb|en|business}} A specific [[product]], [[service]], or [[provider]] so distinguished.
- {{lb|en|by extension}} Any specific [[type]] or [[variety]] of something; a distinct [[style]] or [[manner]].
- The [[public]] [[image]] or [[reputation]] and [[recognized]], [[typical]] style of an [[individual]] or group.
- A [[mark]] of [[infamy]]; [[stigma]].
- Any [[minute]] [[fungus]] producing a [[burnt]] appearance in [[plant]]s.
- {{lb|en|Scotland|Northern England}} A torch used for signaling.
- {{lb|en|obsolete|rare}} A flame.
- {{lb|en|obsolete|rare}} A conflagration.
- {{lb|en|archaic|or|poetic}} A piece of burning wood or peat, or a glowing cinder.
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to [[cauterise]] a wound.
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[stigmatize]], [[label]] (someone).
- {{lb|en|transitive|marketing}} To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be [[very]] [[hot]], to [[burn]].
Proper noun
- {{surname|en}}.
- {{place|en|municipality|in|dist/Bludenz|s/Vorarlberg|c/Austria}}.
- {{place|en|municipality|in|dist/Tirschenreuth|s/Bavaria|c/Germany}}.
- {{place|en|borough|city/Aachen|s/North Rhine-Westphalia|c/Germany}}.
- {{place|en|hamlet|mun:suf/Beekdaelen|p:suf/Limburg|c/Netherlands}}.
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