brae

Meaning

1. The sloping bank of a river valley.
2. Any hillside or slope.

Synonyms

hillside

slope

bed

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bench

berm

decline

declivity

downhill

downslope

gradient

incline

slant

terrace

acclivity

mountain slope

bank

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹeɪ/

Etymology

From Middle English bro, bra (“bank of a stream; raised edge of a ditch or pit”), from Old Norse brá (“eyebrow; eyelash”) (probably in the sense of the brow of a hill), from Proto-Germanic *brēwō (“eyebrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“eyebrow”).
The English word is cognate with Old English brǣw, brēaw (“eyelid”), Old High German brāwa (Middle High German brā, modern German Braue (“eyebrow”)), Old Saxon brāwa, brāha (“eyebrow; eyelash”); and is a doublet of bree (“(Scotland) brow; forehead; (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) eyebrow; eyelid”) and brow.