SINCE 1828
embranchment
noun
em·branch·ment
| \ ə̇mˈbranchmənt, em-, -raan-, -rain-, -rȧn-\
plural -s
Definition of embranchment
1
: a branching off or out (as of a valley or a mountain range)
2
: branch, ramification
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