Meaning & use
Brawn
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Physical strength or muscular power.
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Moving the piano required more brawn than the two of them had.
He relied on brawn rather than strategy to win the arm-wrestling match.
A note on using this word
In British English, 'brawn' can also refer to a cold, jellied meat dish made from a pig's head, also known as head cheese.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
(British) A cold dish made from set jelly containing pieces of meat from a pig's head; head cheese.
The deli sold slices of homemade brawn.
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