brace (5 letters)
brace
9
- Length
- 5 letters
- Scrabble score
- 9 points
- Frequency
- Rare
- Pronunciation
- BRAYS
What it means
- verb — prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
- verb — support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
- verb — support by bracing
- verb — cause to be alert and energetic
- noun — a support that steadies or strengthens something else
- noun — two items of the same kind
- noun — a set of two similar things considered as a unit
- noun — either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
- noun — a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
- noun — elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
- noun — an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
- noun — a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
- noun — a structural member used to stiffen a framework