brand
• noun 1 a type of product manufactured by a company under a particular name. 2 a brand name. 3 an identifying mark burned on livestock with a heated iron. 4 a piece of burning or smouldering wood. • verb 1 mark with a branding iron. 2 mark out as having a particular shameful quality: she was branded a liar. 3 give a brand name to. — ORIGIN from Old English, burning .
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