Bra

Definition: Bra

Bra

Noun

1. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "bra" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references)

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Bra

Crosswords: Bra

Norwegian (good, well), Swedish (all right, bonny, fine, funky, good, great, jolly, longish, nice, not badly, o.k., ok, okay, okeydokey, quite, right, useful, very, very much, well).

Weight: 105, yeah, in your bra. (Liar Liar; writing credit: Paul Guay; Stephen Mazur)

You're having her try the bra on over a leotard. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

Hey, Jelly Jugs, next time you're on my court, wear a bra! (Eight Crazy Nights; writing credit: Brooks Arthur; Allen Covert)

Do you know how to get a bra off? (Clone High; writing credit: Damian Chapa)

I have this bra right here. (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette)

Like, Prada blouse, Gucci bra (I Just Wanna Love U (Give it 2 Me); performing artist: Jay-Z)

What is a zebra? 26 sizes larger than an "A" bra. (references; author: unknown)

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what the hell happened to your bra. (references; author: unknown)

Sinderella and the Golden Bra (1964)

Bra mennesker (1937)

Russian Bra Busters (2002)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Bra Fashions by Stephanie (reference)

• Bust-up: the uplifting tale of Otto Titzling and the development of the bra (reference)

• Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures: Funny Women Write from the Road (reference)

• Superconductivity: Proceedings of the Xxiv Italian National School on Condensed Matter Physics Bra, Italy 18-28 September 1989 (Progress in High Tem) (reference)

• The Drawing Speaks: Theophile Bra, Works 1826-1855 = Le Dessin Parle: Theophile Bra, Oeuvres 1826-1855 (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Ma Bra (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Ali Baba Studios Costuming Secrets Unveiled: Creating Basic Bra & Belt Sets (reference)

• Bra Busters 1 & 2 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Consumer Goods

• Disposable Nursing Bra Pads - 60 ct. (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

White woman from neck to waist wearing a bra, indicating breast reconstruction post mastectomy. Surgery enables women to have a better self image, looking good in clothes, and facilitating psychological readjustment. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Ban the bra. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

In the 1970s I burned my bra and demonstrated for women's rights. (references)

Business

So far, BTC has sold 1,146 BRA ISDN subscriber lines and 140 PRA ISDN subscriber lines out of the 7,041 BRA ISDN and 254 PRA ISDN installed capacity. (references)

Civil Liberties

Poland

However, in October, the BRA stated that they no longer would use the internal flight alternative as a reason to deny Chechen asylum applications. (references)

Poland

The BRA estimated that approximately 4.5 to 5 percent of all asylum seekers receive refugee status, while 10 to 15 percent of all Chechen asylum applicants are granted refugee status. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "bra": uplift bra. Additional references.

Beginning with "bra": bra-and-pants, bra-burners, bra-burning, bra-less, bra-size, bra-style.

Ending with "bra": roo-bra.

Containing "bra": Maidenform-bra-moulded.

Albanian

sutien (slip). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مشد للصدر, ‏صدرية للمرأة (brassiere). (various references)

Asturian

sostén. (various references)

Bemba

kafungamabele. (various references)

Blackfoot

iihtáísikkonnikipsso'p. (various references)

Bulgarian 

сутиен (bracket, brasserie, brassiere). (various references)

Catalan

sostenidor. (various references)

Chamorro

brusia. (various references)

Czech

podprsenka (brassiere). (various references)

Dutch

bustehouder (brassiere), beha, b.h.. (various references)

Esperanto

mamzono. (various references)

Faeroese

bróstahaldari. (various references)

Finnish

rintaliivit (brassiere). (various references)

French

soutien-gorge (brassiere). (various references)

Frisian

boarststipe, bústehâlder. (various references)

German

BH (amending budget). (various references)

Greek 

σουτιέν (brassiere). (various references)

Hebrew 

חזיי�". (various references)

Hungarian

melltartó (boob tube, brassiere, bust-bodice, halter). (various references)

Indonesian

b.h., kutang (bodice). (various references)

Inuktitut

iviangilusaq. (various references)

Italian

reggiseno (brassiere). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ブラウン管 (black, Black Africa, black box, black chamber, black coffee, black comedy, black ghetto, black hole, black humor, black journalism, black magic, black market, black Monday, black money, Black Panther, black pepper, Black Power, black shaft, black tie, blackjack, blacklist, blackout, bland, blank, blanket, blanket area, blood bank, blood elite, bra cup, bracket, Brad Pitt, branch, brand, brand image, brand loyalty, brandy, brass, brass-band, brasserie, brassie, brassiere, Bratislava, bravo, Brazil, brothers, brunch, brush, brush back pitch, brushy, Brussels, cathode-ray tube). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ブラジャー (brassiere). (various references)

Kongo

nkutu ya mabeni. (various references)

Macedonian

brushalter. (various references)

Norwegian

bysteholder. (various references)

Papiamen

brazièr. (various references)

Pig Latin

abray

Portuguese

sutiã (brassiere). (various references)

Provencal

sosten. (various references)

Romanian

brasierã (brassiere). (various references)

Romansch

portasain. (various references)

Russian 

бюстгальтер (brasserie, brassier, brassiere). (various references)

Samoan

papa. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

prslučić (brassiere). (various references)

Spanish

sujetador (hasp), sostén (bodice, brassiere, buttress, prop, stand, support, supporter). (various references)

Swedish

behå. (various references)

Thai

เสื้อชั้นในสตรี. (various references)

Turkish

sutyen (brassiere, uplift braissiere), sütyen. (various references)

Ukrainian

бюстгальтер. (various references)

Vietnamese 

cái yếm. (various references)

Brama spp.. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "bra": brabble, brabbled, brabbler, brabblers, brabbles, brabbling, brace, braced, bracelet, bracelets, bracer, bracero, braceros, bracers, braces, brach, braches, brachet, brachets, brachia, brachial, brachials, brachiate, brachiated, brachiates, brachiating, brachiation, brachiations, brachiator, brachiators, brachiopod, brachiopods, brachium, brachs, brachycephalic, brachycephalies, brachycephaly, brachypterous, bracing, bracingly, bracings, braciola, braciolas, braciole, bracioles, bracken, brackens, bracket, bracketed, bracketing, brackets. (additional references)

Words ending with "bra": abracadabra, algebra, candelabra, cerebra, cobra, dobra, labra, libra, palabra, palpebra, penumbra, sabra, umbra, vertebra, zebra. (additional references)

Words containing "bra": abracadabras, abrachia, abrachias, abradable, abradant, abradants, abrade, abraded, abrader, abraders, abrades, abrading, abrasion, abrasions, abrasive, abrasively, abrasiveness, abrasivenesses, abrasives, adumbral, adumbrate, adumbrated, adumbrates, adumbrating, adumbration, adumbrations, adumbrative, adumbratively, aerobrake, aerobraked, aerobrakes, aerobraking, algebraic, algebraically, algebraist, algebraists, algebras, amphibrach, amphibrachic, amphibrachs, betweenbrain, betweenbrains, birdbrain, birdbrained, birdbrains, calibrate, calibrated, calibrates, calibrating, calibration, calibrations. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Bra" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baaa, bara, barra, bca, bcr, bera, berra, bhr, biaa, birra, Birua, bja, bmaa, bmr, bora, borra, bpa, bpr, brac, Braf, brah, brak, bral, bram, brar, Brau, Brav, brax, braz, brb, brc, brd, bre, bref, brel, breq, brev, brex, bri, Bria, brif, Brij, briq, brj, brk, broa, broab, broj, broq, brr, Brrap, brrr, brs, bru, Brua, bsa, bua, buraq, burqa, burra, bva, bvaf, bwa, Bwaa, Bya, Byram, ebra, Ibar, nra, Obra, Qra, Rba, rra, vra. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: arb, bar.

-1 letter: ab, ar, ba.

+1 letter: abri, arbs, barb, bard, bare, barf, bark, barm, barn, bars, bear, boar, bora, brad, brae, brag, bran, bras, brat, braw, bray, bura, carb, crab, darb, drab, garb, grab, kbar.

+2 letters: abhor, abler, abort, abris, acerb, amber, ambry, arbor, ardeb, bairn, baker, baler, barbe, barbs, barde, bards, bared, barer, bares, barfs, barge, baric, barks, barky, barms, barmy, barns, barny, baron, barre, barye, baser, bazar, beard, bears, blare, blear, board, boars, boart, bolar, boral, boras, borax, boyar, brace, brach, bract, brads, braes, brags, braid, brail, brain, brake, braky, brand, brank, brans, brant, brash, brass, brats, brava, brave, bravi, bravo, brawl, brawn, braws, braxy, brays, braza, braze, bread, break, bream, briar, broad, buran, buras, bursa, caber, carbo, carbs, carob, cobra, crabs, darbs, debar, dobra, drabs, embar, garbs, grabs, kabar, kbars, kebar, labor, labra, libra, lobar, mbira, rabat, rabbi, rabic, rabid, rebar, rehab, rumba, saber, sabir, sabra, sabre, taber, tabor, umbra, unbar, urban, urbia, yerba, zebra.