--- title: B — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 7 description: The 1119 words of the English dictionary under B, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / B # B — The English dictionary · page 7 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* A bank is a place that keeps money safe and lends it.[↗](../../bank/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A piggy bank (money box) is a small box for saving coins.[↗](../../bank/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The bank of a river is the land along its side.[↗](../../bank/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A bank is a store of things kept to use later, like a food bank or a blood bank.[↗](../../bank/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To bank on something is to count on it.[↗](../../bank/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She has 40 dollars in the bank.[↗](../../bank/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He puts 5 dollars in his piggy bank each week.[↗](../../bank/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bank pays 2 dollars of interest.[↗](../../bank/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They sat on the river bank.[↗](../../bank/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad opened a bank account for me.[↗](../../bank/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We gave cans to the food bank.[↗](../../bank/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The river burst its banks after the storm.[↗](../../bank/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · You can bank on Grandma to bake on Sundays.[↗](../../bank/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A bank of clouds covered the sun.[↗](../../bank/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · She saved coins in her money box.[↗](../../bank/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · There on the bank she wept and wailed.[↗](../../bank/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as banks of sweet herbs; his lips are as lilies, dropping with flowing myrrh.[↗](../../bank/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.5.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bank/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.[↗](../../bank/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.2.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bank/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, who called, and said: 'Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.'[↗](../../bank/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.8.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bank/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **banker** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who runs or works at a high level in a bank, deciding about loans and money.[↗](../../banker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (games) The player in charge of the bank in a game like Monopoly, who hands out and takes in money.[↗](../../banker/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, informal) Something certain to happen or win: «That team is a banker for the title.».[↗](../../banker/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The banker agreed to lend the family money for a house.[↗](../../banker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I'll be the banker in Monopoly.[↗](../../banker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her mum is a banker in the city.[↗](../../banker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The banker counted out the notes.[↗](../../banker/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bankers had to explain why the bank lost so much money.[↗](../../banker/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The banker gave each player 1,500 pounds to start.[↗](../../banker/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A rich banker's family, who were driving in a coach and four, were blown out of it, and could not even find room behind it with their footmen.[↗](../../banker/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **banknote** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A piece of paper or plastic money printed by a country's bank, such as a £10 note or a $20 bill.[↗](../../banknote/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She paid with a ten-pound banknote.[↗](../../banknote/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Australian banknotes are made of plastic.[↗](../../banknote/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The banknote has a hologram so it can't be copied easily.[↗](../../banknote/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many £5 banknotes make £50?[↗](../../banknote/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") Ten.[↗](../../banknote/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Canadian banknotes come in different colours.[↗](../../banknote/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad keeps an old banknote from Ireland before the euro.[↗](../../banknote/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bankrupt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (money, law) A person or company that is bankrupt cannot pay their debts, and a court takes control of what they own to pay the people they owe.[↗](../../bankrupt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To bankrupt someone is to make them bankrupt.[↗](../../bankrupt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Bankrupt of something means having none of it left: bankrupt of ideas.[↗](../../bankrupt/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The shop went bankrupt and closed.[↗](../../bankrupt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His spending nearly bankrupted the family.[↗](../../bankrupt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In Monopoly, you lose when you go bankrupt.[↗](../../bankrupt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The company was declared bankrupt by the court.[↗](../../bankrupt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The war left the country bankrupt.[↗](../../bankrupt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The writer felt bankrupt of ideas.[↗](../../bankrupt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **banned** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Banned is the past form of «ban»: it was officially not allowed.[↗](../../banned/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A banned thing is something that the rules forbid.[↗](../../banned/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Running is banned near the pool.[↗](../../banned/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He was banned from the team for cheating.[↗](../../banned/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sharp objects are banned on planes.[↗](../../banned/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old toy was banned because it had lead paint.[↗](../../banned/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Swimming is banned when the red flag is up.[↗](../../banned/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school banned chewing gum.[↗](../../banned/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · That word is banned in our house.[↗](../../banned/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **banner** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A long piece of cloth or paper with words or pictures on it, carried or hung up.[↗](../../banner/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A wide advert or heading across a web page.[↗](../../banner/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A flag (old use).[↗](../../banner/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (in "under the banner of") Under the name or idea of a group.[↗](../../banner/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We painted a "Welcome Back" banner for the class.[↗](../../banner/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The protesters carried banners.[↗](../../banner/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A banner hung over the school gate.[↗](../../banner/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ignore the flashing banner ads on websites.[↗](../../banner/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The newspaper had a huge banner headline.[↗](../../banner/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They marched under the banner of peace.[↗](../../banner/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Soldiers like the knave of clubs, and citizens with waving banners.[↗](../../banner/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He hath brought me to the banqueting-house, and his banner over me is love.[↗](../../banner/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.2.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../banner/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.[↗](../../banner/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.6.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../banner/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth.[↗](../../banner/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.60.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../banner/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **banning** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Officially saying that something is not allowed.[↗](../../banning/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) The act of forbidding something.[↗](../../banning/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school is banning phones in lessons.[↗](../../banning/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many towns are banning plastic bags.[↗](../../banning/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They talked about banning junk food adverts.[↗](../../banning/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Banning fireworks could keep pets calm.[↗](../../banning/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The banning of the book upset the author.[↗](../../banning/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The club is banning him from the next match.[↗](../../banning/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bannock** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bannock is a round, flat cake of oatmeal or barley bread, baked on a griddle or in an oven, eaten mainly in Scotland.[↗](../../bannock/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She baked a warm bannock for her son.[↗](../../bannock/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I like a bannock with cheese.[↗](../../bannock/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bannock was round and golden.[↗](../../bannock/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **banns** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Banns are the public announcements read out in church, on three Sundays before a wedding, to say that two people plan to marry, so that anyone who knows a reason they should not marry can speak up.[↗](../../banns/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The vicar read the banns on Sunday.[↗](../../banns/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her banns were read in the church and in the town.[↗](../../banns/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If anyone knows a reason against this marriage, let them speak at the banns.[↗](../../banns/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **banquet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large formal meal for many people, usually to celebrate something, with speeches.[↗](../../banquet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king held a banquet for his knights.[↗](../../banquet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We went to the sports banquet for the awards.[↗](../../banquet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The banquet had five courses.[↗](../../banquet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The wedding banquet lasted all evening.[↗](../../banquet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, a great banquet was ready but the guests made excuses.[↗](../../banquet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The banquet hall was full of long tables.[↗](../../banquet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Will the bands of fishermen make a banquet of him?[↗](../../banquet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../banquet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.[↗](../../banquet/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.7.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../banquet/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He hath brought me to the banqueting-house, and his banner over me is love.[↗](../../banquet/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.2.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../banquet/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **banter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Friendly, playful teasing and joking talk between people: the friends' banter.[↗](../../banter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To talk in this friendly, joking way.[↗](../../banter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK slang, "bants" or "just banter") Jokes that are meant to be funny, though sometimes they hurt.[↗](../../banter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was friendly banter between the two teams before the match.[↗](../../banter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad and Grandad banter about football every Sunday.[↗](../../banter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The shopkeeper bantered with the customers.[↗](../../banter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (UK slang) "Don't get upset, it's just bants."[↗](../../banter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If it hurts someone's feelings, it isn't banter anymore.[↗](../../banter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The class enjoyed the teacher's banter.[↗](../../banter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (Ireland) The craic and banter at the party were great.[↗](../../banter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Several others bantered the old man, but he appeared to be in a good humor.[↗](../../banter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **banyan** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tropical fig tree from India whose branches drop roots down to the ground, which grow into new trunks so one tree can look like a whole forest.[↗](../../banyan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The banyan tree spread across the whole village square.[↗](../../banyan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Banyan roots hang down from the branches.[↗](../../banyan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · One banyan can cover a huge area.[↗](../../banyan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The banyan is India's national tree.[↗](../../banyan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Children played under the shady banyan.[↗](../../banyan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A banyan starts life growing on another tree.[↗](../../banyan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So they went to a banyan tree, and stripped the bark to make strings for their slings, and next they repaired to the river bank to find stones.[↗](../../banyan/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **baobab** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A baobab is a huge tree of Africa, Madagascar and Australia with a very fat trunk and short branches that look like roots.[↗](../../baobab/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baobab looked like it was planted upside down.[↗](../../baobab/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Baobab trunks store water.[↗](../../baobab/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Elephants peel bark from baobab trees.[↗](../../baobab/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Little Prince pulled up baobab sprouts.[↗](../../baobab/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Baobab fruit is full of vitamin C.[↗](../../baobab/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some hollow baobabs have been used as shelters.[↗](../../baobab/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **baptise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) To baptise someone is to give them the Christian ceremony of baptism, pouring water on them or putting them in water as a sign of joining Christ and the Church.[↗](../../baptise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To baptise can also mean to give a name at baptism (christen).[↗](../../baptise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The priest will baptise my baby sister on Sunday.[↗](../../baptise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · John baptised Jesus in the river Jordan.[↗](../../baptise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pastor baptises new believers in the lake.[↗](../../baptise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They baptised her Grace, after her grandmother.[↗](../../baptise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "I baptise you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."[↗](../../baptise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some churches do not baptise babies.[↗](../../baptise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **baptised** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) Baptised means given the Christian ceremony of baptism, washed with water as a sign of joining Christ and the Church.[↗](../../baptised/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, a baptised person is one who has had baptism.[↗](../../baptised/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* "Baptised in" or "baptised by" can also mean having a first hard experience of something.[↗](../../baptised/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I was baptised in the same church as my mum.[↗](../../baptised/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jesus was baptised by John in the river Jordan.[↗](../../baptised/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin was baptised in the sea at the beach.[↗](../../baptised/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Baptised Christians can become godparents.[↗](../../baptised/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She was baptised a Catholic.[↗](../../baptised/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The new players were baptised by a muddy, freezing game.[↗](../../baptised/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **baptism** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) Baptism is a Christian ceremony in which a person is washed with water or put under water as a sign that they belong to Christ and the Church and that their sins are washed away.[↗](../../baptism/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A baptism is the service or event where this happens, often for a baby, with family and godparents.[↗](../../baptism/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* "Baptism of fire" means a very hard first experience of something new.[↗](../../baptism/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My baby cousin's baptism is in the old stone church.[↗](../../baptism/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · At the baptism the priest poured water over the baby's head.[↗](../../baptism/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Jesus' baptism in the river Jordan is a famous Bible story.[↗](../../baptism/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some churches have a pool for baptism by full immersion.[↗](../../baptism/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After the baptism we had cake and sandwiches at Nan's house.[↗](../../baptism/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her first day as a waitress was a real baptism of fire.[↗](../../baptism/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Godparents promise at a baptism to help the child grow in faith.[↗](../../baptism/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Mother," she murmured, "thy child may not receive Christian baptism, nor be admitted into the congregation of Christian people.[↗](../../baptism/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **baptist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) A Baptist is a member of a Protestant Christian church that baptises only people old enough to say they believe, usually by putting them fully under water.[↗](../../baptist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Bible) John the Baptist was the prophet who baptised people in the river Jordan, including Jesus, and told them to get ready for God's kingdom.[↗](../../baptist/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Baptist (adjective) describes these churches, as in "a Baptist chapel".[↗](../../baptist/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our neighbours go to the Baptist church on the corner.[↗](../../baptist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · John the Baptist lived in the desert and ate locusts.[↗](../../baptist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Baptists are baptised when they decide to follow Jesus.[↗](../../baptist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Martin Luther King Jr was a Baptist minister.[↗](../../baptist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Baptist chapel has a pool under the floor for baptisms.[↗](../../baptist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · John the Baptist said, "Someone greater than me is coming."[↗](../../baptist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was not nearly so big as its mother; only about the size of a Baptist chapel.[↗](../../baptist/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **baptists** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) Baptists are members of Protestant Christian churches that baptise only believers old enough to choose, usually by full immersion in water, and in which each local church largely runs itself.[↗](../../baptists/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Baptists believe people should choose to be baptised.[↗](../../baptists/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Baptists live in the southern United States.[↗](../../baptists/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Baptists held a picnic after the baptism in the river.[↗](../../baptists/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Baptists and Methodists sang together at the town service.[↗](../../baptists/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Martin Luther King Jr's father was also a Baptist minister.[↗](../../baptists/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Baptists usually baptise by putting people right under the water.[↗](../../baptists/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **baptized** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To baptize someone is to sprinkle or dip them in water as a sign that they become a member of the Christian church, often given a name at the same time.[↗](../../baptized/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") (Baptised is the British spelling.).[↗](../../baptized/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baby was baptized in the church last Sunday.[↗](../../baptized/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The priest baptized the girl with water from the font.[↗](../../baptized/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The new Christians were baptized in the river.[↗](../../baptized/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **bar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bar is a long, solid piece of something, like a bar of soap or chocolate.[↗](../../bar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A bar is a long rod of metal or wood, like the bars of a cage.[↗](../../bar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A bar graph uses bars to show numbers.[↗](../../bar/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A bar is a place or counter where drinks or food are served.[↗](../../bar/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In music, a bar is a short part with a set number of beats.[↗](../../bar/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To bar is to block or forbid.[↗](../../bar/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A candy bar costs 1 dollar.[↗](../../bar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She broke the bar into 4 equal pieces.[↗](../../bar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bar graph shows 12 votes for red.[↗](../../bar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He ate 2 granola bars.[↗](../../bar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The kids hung from the monkey bars.[↗](../../bar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The lion paced behind the bars of its cage.[↗](../../bar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Each bar of music has 4 beats.[↗](../../bar/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A bar of soap sat by the sink.[↗](../../bar/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The tallest bar on the chart shows Friday.[↗](../../bar/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The road was barred by a fallen tree.[↗](../../bar/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · “Quick Tink,” he whispered, “close the window; bar it\![↗](../../bar/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Iron and brass shall be thy bars; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.[↗](../../bar/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.33.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bar/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And he made bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, (Torah EXO.36.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bar/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt make bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, (Torah EXO.26.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bar/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And prescribed for it My decree, and set bars and doors, (Writings JOB.38.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bar/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron.[↗](../../bar/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bar/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · For He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.[↗](../../bar/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.107.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bar/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) … 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