Noun

(en noun)

A distinct physical object.

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A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.

(label) A question on a test, which may include its answers.

A matter for discussion in an agenda.

(label) Two people who are having a relationship with each other.

* 2010 , (Justin Bieber) featuring (Ludacris), ''

Are we an item ? Girl, quit playin' / "We're just friends," what are you sayin'?

A short article in a newspaper.

(label) A hint; an innuendo.

* (Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)

A secret item was given to some of the bishops to absent themselves.

Noun

(es) (wikipedia branch)

The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.

Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

the branch of an antler, a chandelier, a river, or a railway

(geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.

the branches of a hyperbola

A location of an organization with several locations.

Our main branch is downtown, and we have branches in all major suburbs.

A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.

the English branch of a family

* Carew

his father, a younger branch of the ancient stock

(Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see .

An area in business or of knowledge, research.

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(nautical) A certificate given by (Trinity House) to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.

(computer architecture) A sequence of .