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# br

«br» in Mova's school dictionary: **the chemical symbol for bromine, a dark red liquid element** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

abbreviation (Br, br., BR) — a fragment, not a word

### meaning for a pupil

1) (abbreviation) «Br» is the chemical symbol for bromine, a dark red liquid element. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/br/#m1)

2) (abbreviation) «Br.» can be short for «British», «Brother» (a monk or member of a religious order, as in «Br. John») or «branch». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/br/#m2)

3) (texting) «br» or «brb» is chat shorthand: «brb» means «be right back». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/br/#m3)

4) (computing) In web pages, «<br>» is a tag that starts a new line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/br/#m4)

5) “Br-r-r!” is written to show a shiver from cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/br/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons «Br» appears on the periodic table. In church life, «Br.» is written before the name of a religious brother. In online chat, children see «brb». In coding lessons, the HTML tag «br» means «line break». In everyday life it is never said as a word; people say the full form.

### examples

- On the periodic table, Br stands for bromine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/br/#x1)
- Br. Thomas teaches at the monastery school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/br/#x2)
- «brb» means «be right back». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/br/#x3)
- We used a br tag to start a new line on our web page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/br/#x4)
- On old train tickets, «BR» stood for British Rail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/br/#x5)
- Bromine, Br, is one of only two elements that are liquid at room temperature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/br/#x6)
- Br-r-r, so he began to beat his drum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/br/#x7)

### note

A fragment or abbreviation, not an English word. Read it out as the full word it stands for. Chemical symbols have a capital first letter and a small second one: «Br», not «BR».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «br» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/br/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.