bran
IPA: brˈæn
noun
- The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
- (ornithology) The European carrion crow.
- A surname.
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Examples of "bran" in Sentences
- It can be found in the rice bran.
- Bran and Rickon emerge from hiding.
- The bran and germ are ground coarsely.
- Bran and Rickon disappear in the night.
- Oat bran is the outer casing of the oat.
- The added rice bran can also neutralize the slight musky odor.
- Bran agrees to this, and a feast is held to clebrate the betrothal.
- Rice bran oil is the oil extracted from the germ and inner husk of rice.
- Chaff is the scales that protect the grain, while bran is part of the grain.
- It can be extracted from wheat bran and maize bran using concentrated alkali.
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