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bra

[brah]
–noun
1. brassiere.
2. Automotive Slang. a removable cover for the front end of an automobile to protect it from road debris.

Origin:
by shortening

bras⋅siere

[bruh-zeer]
–noun
a woman's undergarment for supporting the breasts.
Also, bras⋅sière.
Also called bra.


Origin:
1910–15; < F brassière bodice worn as an undergarment to support the breasts (now obs. in this sense), MF bracieres camisole, OF: armor for the arms, equiv. to bras arm (see brace ) + -ière, suffix added to body part nouns, the resultant deriv. denoting an article for that part < L -āria -ary
bra   (brä)   
n.  A brassiere.

bra 
1936, shortening of brassiere (q.v.).
Language Translation for : bra
Spanish: sujetador, sosténsostén, sujetador,
German: der BH,
Japanese:
bra
brassiere
BRA
basic rate access
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