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branchlets

noun

plural of branchlet
as in limbs

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for branchlets
  1. limbs
  2. shoots
  3. boughs
  4. spurs
  5. branches
  6. offshoots
Noun
  • As blood gushed from deep puncture wounds on his torso and limbs, Singh fought to get away from his attacker.
    — Gagandeep Singh, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Alas, poor Bryan is about to learn the hard way that change — as the saying goes — is as hard to outrun as an ever-growing zombie rat king with 37 different limbs and a weirdly personal vendetta.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of limbs
Noun
  • Before big shoots, Smith and Fawcett used to bend over at the hips, shake their hair and snap it back up again to look perfect.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Among other shoots, Gerber was photographed by Bruce Webber alongside his sister, Kaia Gerber, for CR Fashion Book in 2015, and starred in a Calvin Klein campaign in 2016.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of shoots
Noun
  • The snow crunches under my feet, sifts from trailside pine boughs.
    — Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026
  • One jumper is famous for having smothered miles of flames with his jacket; in Alaska, jumpers have used spruce boughs and burlap bags filled with moss.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of boughs
Noun
  • It’s called the Golden Spurs Award — given annually to the Campbell family member who shoots the turkey with the biggest spurs.
    — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The researchers observed bends, wiggles, kinks, gaps, branches, spurs and clumps.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of spurs
Noun
  • There will be genealogical resources available on site to learn about the branches of the Hale family tree.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Behind it, just beyond the tree’s tallest branches, is what looks like a backyard cafe with a large patio umbrella and homemade wooden furniture.
    — Lauren Ng, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of branches
Noun
  • Al Jazeera gave a prime-time slot to Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who was widely regarded as the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, an influential Islamist group with offshoots around the world—including Hamas.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
  • There’s no end to the constant stream of offshoots, including doomgaze, grunge-gaze, twang-gaze, and surf-gaze.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of offshoots
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“Branchlets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/branchlets. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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