noun
bree
bree
noun
1
A dialect word for the eyebrow or brow.
"Old ballads sometimes describe a furrowed bree."
2
A dialect word for broth or thin soup.
"She ladled out the bree from the boiled fish."
How to Use Bree
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old, mostly Scottish/dialect word — either for the brow/eyebrow or for a thin broth.
When to use it
Regional and archaic; not part of everyday standard English.
Word Forms
brees plural, brees plural, Brees plural
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Etymology
From Old English brēġ ("eyelid"), a relative of the word "brow."