br
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 →
2) (abbreviation) «Br.» can be short for «British», «Brother» (a monk or member of a religious order, as in «Br. John») or «branch». tree →
3) (texting) «br» or «brb» is chat shorthand: «brb» means «be right back». tree →
4) (computing) In web pages, «<br>» is a tag that starts a new line. tree →
5) “Br-r-r!” is written to show a shiver from cold. tree →
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 →
- Br. Thomas teaches at the monastery school. tree →
- «brb» means «be right back». tree →
- We used a br tag to start a new line on our web page. tree →
- On old train tickets, «BR» stood for British Rail. tree →
- Bromine, Br, is one of only two elements that are liquid at room temperature. tree →
- Br-r-r, so he began to beat his drum. tree →
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.