brace
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3.0
- noun
- /breɪs/
- UK
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tirante
- They're almost like a soft sweatpant material, but they look really smart and they have the cutest braces on them.
Yeah, yeah, Flemings Ben shaming shirts, braces and air wear boots.
- Yeah, yeah, Flemings Ben shaming shirts, braces and air wear boots.
- OK, option one, I can craft you some leather braces.
- They're almost like a soft sweatpant material, but they look really smart and they have the cutest braces on them.
Examples
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My grandfather always preferred using braces instead of a belt.
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He wore a pair of braces to keep his trousers up.
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I really think those braces look good on you.
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Did you get your new set of braces?
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Well, how much are braces?
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I loved you when you had braces on your teeth, Beth.
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Getting my braces off.
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Your braces hurt.
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That's why you don't want me to get braces.
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Loose trousers with braces, a plain shirt, leather shoes with holes in both soles.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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3.7
Stretchy straps worn over the shoulders to hold up trousers
Two elastic straps worn over the shoulders to hold up trousers
Compounds
- Specialized
3
3.9
A device you wear around your back to support it and help you sit or stand straight
Surface Forms
Etymology
Brace for suspenders gets its idea from the same root bracchium meaning 'arm' and from the idea of straps that go over your shoulders. Those straps 'support' your trousers the way an arm would hold something up, which is why they are called braces.