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BRANCHES
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | department |
| Synonyms: | annex, arm, bureau, category, chapter, classification, connection, dependency, derivative, division, extension, local, member, office, outpost, part, portion, section, subdivision, subsection, subsidiary, tributary, wing |
| Antonyms: | company |
| Main Entry: | affiliate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organization that is associated with another |
| Synonyms: | affil, associate, branch, offshoot, partner, sibling |
| Main Entry: | arm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | limb, appendage |
| Synonyms: | bender, biceps, bough, bow, branch, fin, flapper, flipper, handle, hook, member, offshoot, projection, prong, rod, stump, triceps, upper arm, wing |
| Main Entry: | arm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | subdivision, annex |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, authority, block, branch, command, department, detachment, division, ell, extension, force, offshoot, power, projection, section, sector, wing |
| Antonyms: | body, division, main |
| Main Entry: | arm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | narrow body of water |
| Synonyms: | branch, brook, channel, creek, estuary, firth, fjord, inlet, rivulet, sound, strait, stream, subdivision, tributary |
| Main Entry: | article |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section of document |
| Synonyms: | branch, chapter, clause, detail, division, element, head, heading, item, matter, paragraph, part, passage, piece, point, portion, provision |
| Main Entry: | associate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | colleague |
| Synonyms: | accessory, accomplice, affiliate, aid, ally, assistant, auxiliary, branch, buddy, chum, clubber, co-worker, cohort, collaborator, companion, compatriot, comrade, confederate, consort, cooperator, crony, fellow, friend, helper, joiner, kissing cousin, mate, offshoot, one of the folks, pal, pard, partner, peer, playmate, sidekick |
| Antonyms: | antagonist, competitor, enemy, foe, opponent, rival, stranger |
| Main Entry: | bridge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | structure or something that makes connection |
| Synonyms: | arch, bond, branch, catwalk, connection, extension, gangplank, link, overpass, platform, pontoon, scaffold, span, tie, transit, trestle, viaduct, wing |
| Main Entry: | brook |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stream of water |
| Synonyms: | beck, branch, burn, creek, rill, rindle, river, rivulet, run, runnel, streamlet, watercourse |
| Notes: | a stream is smaller than a river, a creek is smaller than a stream but larger than a brook; stream, brook, creek, and rivulet are applied interchangeably to any small river |
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