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infrastructure
Noun
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A place's infrastructure is the basic public works such as roads, electricity & water supply, and schools, that allow it to function.
The construction of the BAM railway will provide an infrastructure for exports to Japan and the US.
The new bridge will be one of Europe's largest ever infrastructure projects.
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The infrastructure is the basic ideas and systems that support an organisation or a project.
The hardware-software system provides an infrastructure for messaging applications across the company.
branch
Noun
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A part of a tree that grows out from the trunk (center).
Sally scraped her arm on a branch when she fell out of a tree.
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A part of something that acts like a branch does to its tree.
The study of electricity is a branch of physics.
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One of a series of shops that are owned by the same company in business.
McDonalds has many branches spread throughout the country.