brawn

Definitions


[brɔːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- physical strength in contrast to intelligence
(e.g: commando work required as much brain as brawn)

- meat from a pig's or calf's head that is cooked and pressed in a pot with jelly
(e.g: a slice of brawn)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French braon ‘fleshy part of the leg’, of Germanic origin; related to German Braten ‘roast meat’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries