BR

Multiple Entries:
  BR    Br    Br.    bromine  

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BR

▶abbreviation

• 1 Brazil (international vehicle registration).

• 2 (formerly) British Rail.

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Br

▶symbol the chemical element bromine.

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Br.

▶abbreviation

• 1 British.

• 2 (in religious orders) Brother.

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bromine /ˈbrəʊmiːn/

▶noun the chemical element of atomic number 35, a dark red toxic liquid halogen with a choking, irritating smell. (Symbol: Br)

– origin C19: from Fr. brome, from Gk brōmos ‘a stink’, + -ine4.