BRATTICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brattice mean? 

• BRATTICE (noun)
  The noun BRATTICE has 1 sense:

1. a partition (often temporary) of planks or cloth that is used to control ventilation in a mine

  Familiarity information: BRATTICE used as a noun is very rare.

• BRATTICE (verb)
  The verb BRATTICE has 1 sense:

1. supply with a brattice, to ventilate mines

  Familiarity information: BRATTICE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRATTICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A partition (often temporary) of planks or cloth that is used to control ventilation in a mine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("brattice" is a kind of...):

divider; partition (a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another))

• BRATTICE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Supply with a brattice, to ventilate mines

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "brattice" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something