Scrabble & Words with friends points
- brake is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
- brake is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
- brake is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12
Definition of brake
- large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan (noun)
Synonyms
- bracken
- pasture brake
- pteridium aquilinum
- an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant (noun)
- any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants (noun)
- anything that slows or hinders a process (noun)
Examples
- she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage
- new legislation will put the brakes on spending
- a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle (noun)
- cause to stop by applying the brakes (verb)
Examples
- brake the car before you go into a curve
- stop travelling by applying a brake (verb)
Examples
- We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road
See definition of brake in Merriam Webster