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Definition of "brawn" []

  • Solid and well-developed muscles, especially of the arms and legs. (noun)
  • Muscular strength and power. (noun)
  • Chiefly British The meat of a boar. (noun)
  • Headcheese. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "brawn" in a sentence
  • "The major danger to a post-industrial society that depends more on brains than brawn is if it suddenly gets really stupid (that doesn't just apply to our financial woes)."
  • "Upon the second period, that which I call the brawn in his life, these exercises will not permit me long to dwell."
  • "People think in farming community you don't need a brain, only brawn, which is why Gandhi said you must marry intellect and labor."
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